Qualifications aren't in play here. It's effectively random capital allocation. So they have been randomly entitled to those decisions. This seems far better th

Qualifications aren't in play here. It's effectively random capital allocation. So they have been randomly entitled to those decisions. This seems far better than having a single entity to do so. A majority of Americans disapproved of the Apollo program. So the government does not avoid doing unpopular things. I whole heartedly agree with 1. Society in aggregate doesn't support all the things that would benefit it. In the case of 2, if society has suddenly decided that in fact it does support the project from 1 now, then yes, it should of course fund it. And this actually really demonstrates the value of private investment. A project can be started that most people don't think is worthwhile and then it can show benefits and the general population can support it further. That's wonderful. I don't recall proposing no government. Those first two were illegal and the government willingly ignored the third in the past, so IDK why you think the government would have done differently.