TB, I do not condemn or ridicule private enterprise's efforts to put space on a self-paying basis. I understand perfectly well how visionary these entrepreneurs are, and what a bold and risky task they have taken on. On the contrary, I support it and wish them the best of luck. I realize that until space exploration pays for itself, the government can't be expected to carry that weight at public expense any longer. BTW, that kind of publicly funded exploration is now being phased out, now that the government has laid the groundwork and done the proof-of-concept. The private sector is now being encouraged to take over. Isn't that what is supposed to happen, even by your ideology?

The government space programs may have been expensive, and directed for political profit instead of private, but they have robotically explored every planet in the solar system, and conducted many other purely scientific and exploratory missions which I'm sure would never have been undertaken otherwise.

However, it is important to point out that even though there is no way we can stop you from peddling your political spam on Space/Science, we can still make sure you understand your efforts to do so have been recognized for exactly what they are.