It may seem a bit trite, but the answer right now is 'because SpaceX is actually doing it'. Space was in a massive rut. SpaceX is breaking that rut and I don't

It may seem a bit trite, but the answer right now is 'because SpaceX is actually doing it'. Space was in a massive rut. SpaceX is breaking that rut and I don't begrudge a single penny that has gone towards that. But a core issue that successful people have is that they assume that because they had success in x they are right in everything else. There is good and bad with Musk, as there is with everyone. I personally would like to kick start the conversation about how cheap access to space can be about society and not about money and personality. We are on the cusp of truly being a space based species and we are just letting it happen instead of guiding it. Now that the technology is rapidly progressing again, it is time to have the conversation about society and space and not just how cool the tech is.