No, I'm saying that broke people can't build rockets, especially when they'd get shot down by the people who stole all the money.
Who is broke?
You continue to ignore the most important point: They shoot you down.
NASA had a monopoly on space travel, enforced by the Air Force, until very recently. Not to mention ownership, enforced by the army, of all the good launch spots in the US. So, the fact that the money to fund them came from the pockets of the people who might compete is really just icing.
Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality but by the higher duty I owe myself. What would you think me if I were capable of seating myself at a table and gorging myself with food and saw about me the children of my fellow beings starving to death."
All well and good, but I am not your brother's keeper, though you may be. Why are you so generous with other people's money?