If the planet isn't poisoned more and if workers (and the public in general) aren't killed for arbitrary reasons on a whim, ascension is canceled. 
If the planet isn't poisoned more and if workers (and the public in general) aren't killed for arbitrary reasons on a whim, ascension is canceled.
Space travel has only ever been done by governments. Even the so-called private space corps are all propped but by government contracts. The profit motive is the true bottle neck