What are you talking about? Space travel is literally the worst possible argument on this front. >Governments made basically no progress in outer space Govern

What are you talking about? Space travel is literally the worst possible argument on this front. >Governments made basically no progress in outer space Governments made ALL progress in space, ever. Space travel only exists at all because governments poured unbelievable amounts of money, resources, and people into researching and developing it over decades. These billionaires' efforts are starting on top of that. If they had to start from scratch it would be impossible. Government space programs petered out not because of a lack of "acument" or some other nonsense, but because public support for these programs ebbed as the impetus (the Cold War) went away. You really couldn't think of a worse example that completely undercuts your point.