Originally Posted by roachboy

not meaning to rain on this parade, but....

while it is kinda cool that this project has managed what it has, the fact is that it would not have been possible, at any level, had it not been for the previous development of space programs on the basis of state funding.

just as the silicon valley would not have been possible without a significant regional infrastructure in place that was developed largely by the ability of stanford university had to accumulate/divert state weapons research monies during world war 2.

it seems that the myth of the entrepreneur presupposes a kind of amnesia when it comes to history. the opposition of entrepreneurial activity to infrastructure (which is in almost every case a public undertaking) is simply naieve. factually wrong and (worse) tiresome in its naievte.