Burt Rutan has put the first non-government man into space. With a very small budget.
NASA with a budget of many billions will not be able to achieve what Burt Rutan has this year (i.e. put a man in space).
Test pilot Mike Melvill aware some, 60+ years and still has the right stuff.
Financier Paul Allen of Microsoft fame. He did this with just 20 million.
Shows what people can do on their own. Don’t need government to hold their hands!