Can you explain why? If the government values this type of ongoing research by a variety of organizations, doesn't it make sense to fund that? Isn't that how

Can you explain why? If the government values this type of ongoing research by a variety of organizations, doesn't it make sense to fund that? Isn't that how research has always been done? I get that the guy who owns it is rich, but the government has always funded projects that yield R&D returns in a variety of ways. Doing this allows them to affect Blue Origins direction instead of stay at the whim of a billionaire. We should be applauding the government taking moon shots (literally), not hating it. Would you rather the government spin up another NASA type org for research? They already give funding to huge amounts of companies and labs in the form of grants, loans, and contracts. I get short term it can affect prices, but long term it accelerates technology. And these types of investments, even though they don't always yield the intended results, have had a massive impact on GDP. The thing we really know is that investments like this pay off, so I really don't get the hate on this other than the fact that the owner is rich.