Comment by altacc

I'd add that whilst people generally have a low trust in governments, I personally have zero trust in corporations and the idea of access to space being solely the preserve of commercial entities is an uncomfortable one. Historically both governments and companies have acted for self interest and detrimentally to everyone else but governments still have more accountability than corporations, which are beholden to a profit seeking board. Governments do things that are not profitable but advance society, for profit entities don't.