Yeah, it’s a perfectly reasonable view. We just shouldn’t pretend that space exploration would still be a thing if governments couldn’t finance it (which your previous comment sort of implied)
Manned space exploration would probably not have been (much of) a thing. At least not until much later when the technology has improved.
Unmanned space exploration would probably still have happened to some degree. SpaceX has a lot of private customers.
(And I'm much less against governments financing unmanned space exploration than against them financing manned space exploration. That's just such a money sink.)
Manned space exploration would probably not have been (much of) a thing. At least not until much later when the technology has improved.
Unmanned space exploration would probably still have happened to some degree. SpaceX has a lot of private customers.
(And I'm much less against governments financing unmanned space exploration than against them financing manned space exploration. That's just such a money sink.)