No, not in this country, there is no concept of the common good. I suppose you believe the billionaire space pioneers did it all on their own, learned nothing from NASA and used all their own homegrown engineers.

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There are no representatives who concern themselves with anything to do with average Americans, they are too busy grabbing all they can for themselves.

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If Bezos gets too the moon first we will be treated to a giant Amazon banner in the sky every night.

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What's my gripe?

My gripe is these fat cat need to pay their taxes before they blow their wad on space exploration. I pay mine, is that too much to ask of these wonderful humanitarians?