Compare this to what the US is doing with space now. Sending wealthy entrepreneurs to go on pointless little space tours. Gone is the quest for human knowledge and searching for our place in the universe, slowly being replaced with a tourism business.
Don't forget the Internet business that doesn't work as well as traditional satellite Internet does while simultaneously making things harder for all ground based space observatories.
Compare this to what the US is doing with space now. Sending wealthy entrepreneurs to go on pointless little space tours. Gone is the quest for human knowledge and searching for our place in the universe, slowly being replaced with a tourism business.
Don't forget the Internet business that doesn't work as well as traditional satellite Internet does while simultaneously making things harder for all ground based space observatories.
We can dream still