It has been for the last 75 years, and there has been pretty much no progress for the last 50.
Except of course it has not been a government only thing for 75 years. What are you even talking about?
> The world's first commercial communications satellite, called Intelsat I and nicknamed "Early Bird", was launched into geosynchronous orbit on April 6, 1965.
Why? Doesn’t this prove that it’s beneficial to have private companies in space too.
Pretty hilarious that your 'argument' is a opinion piece and the other is literally just an article that the newspaper itself has corrected because its false.