The cynical narrative around the private Space Race feels unique to this moment of growing discontent about wealthy technologists and inequality, but it perfectly mirrors cynical (often forgotten) reactions to the early pursuit of air and space travel, we did a round up:
Is the idea here that Elon Musk and other capitalists going into space will benefit us common folk in the time to come?
Sorry for my ignorance but I still do not get the utility of landing to the moon.