I think it makes sense in a limited way. Government can do a lot but struggles to make big bets and see them through in the way a single minded billionaire could. Maybe government could solve this is providing some bigger chunks of no strings attached funding under the direction of a single person.
NASA has been beholden to the latest administration’s whims and inconsistent budget allocation for decades.
No billionaire's focus can even come close to matching a nation at war. In less than 25 years, governments went from realizing nukes were possible to creating an arsenal large enough to destroy civilization (1).
I think the great challenge of our generation will be a way to come together with such single minded focus to tackle problems without trying to exterminate each other.
NASA has been beholden to the latest administration’s whims and inconsistent budget allocation for decades.