> Scientists and engineers put us on the moon, but it was government that directed and enabled them to do so. Rather: the government was arguably the only inst

> Scientists and engineers put us on the moon, but it was government that directed and enabled them to do so. Rather: the government was arguably the only institution that could spend a sufficient amount of money for this mission. If there had existed another insitution with similar financial backing that was willing to finance such a mission: I doubt that the government would have been necessary.