Private companies are the ones actually building the rockets, landers, and life support now. NASA's just buying tickets. SpaceX and the like deserve the headline.
Yeah, plus the rivalry between companies is speeding up breakthroughs gov't programs never could.
From an international view, space is a shared enterprise. Private firms launch, but safety, ethics, and long-term benefit come from public and multinational effort.
Science is a universal enterprise. Private firms contribute, but rockets succeed through international teamwork backed by public aims, safer, bolder, and more lasting.
