And money is just a way to represent power. Now we have individuals and corporations that have more money than entire (historical) nation-states, enough money to take over space exploration. And wasn't terrestrial exploration government-sponsored at first? What happened when, suddenly, private interests got their noses into exploring beyond the "Pillars of Hercules"?
And money is just a way to represent power. Now we have individuals and corporations that have more money than entire (historical) nation-states, enough money to take over space exploration. And wasn't terrestrial exploration government-sponsored at first? What happened when, suddenly, private interests got their noses into exploring beyond the "Pillars of Hercules"?