OT: Governmental Space Agencies or Private

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I expect "private sector" would mean "megacorporate". More money for organizations that already have silly amounts of money, and maybe a bit for those with the excess money to invest in them. And (oh boy) creation of jobs (sigh). Seems mostly likely to be another irritating waste of resources aimed at multiplying the wealth of the already pointlessly wealthy, with scientific and useful gains only accidental side effects.

What I'd really hate to see would some of the intentional defacement projects some bozos have proposed. Enormous ads in space or on the moon, defacing the night sky. Or, "hey, conventionally illuminating the heck out of nighttime urban environments isn't enough - let's light up the planet from orbit". Dang fools.

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