Yeah...I Dunno....this space stuff...

[ancianita]

53. Ali Velshi's one of the smartest interviewers on TV. It's all exciting.

Just one obvious point -- when scientists work for government, yes, their work has been applicable to public benefits; but when scientists work for billionaires, the billionaires benefit first -- proprietary knowledge, intelligence, lifetime non-disclosure agreements, etc., are among their business tools of privatized space projects. Profit, first; benefits to mankind maybe later or not at all, or only to the mankind going on these trips.
Just the tax breaks they've pooled together to even afford to get to this point of success; they bought up the R&D we paid for decades ago, as well... that was their research scaffold.

Whatever their scientists develop of benefit to Earth humans, they will still be a sales commodity like Tang, teflon, water purification, breathing masks, etc., like from back in the day.