# Interview: Why Private Companies Beat Governments In Space

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Podcast: [The David Knight Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966)
Published: 2026-06-05T18:27:59+00:00
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## Resource

Rainer Zitelmann, historian and author of New Space Capitalism, brings a genuinely different angle to the billionaire space race — SpaceX ran 165 of the world's 324 orbital launches last year and put 80% of all payload into orbit, making it larger than the entire Chinese space program. The more interesting argument is about property rights: the 1967 Outer Space Treaty bars nations from claiming celestial bodies but is silent on private companies, and Zitelmann argues the legal gap will be filled the same way the American West was — settlers took the land first, government legalized it later. Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation through Mail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764 Zelle: @ DavidKnightShow@protonmail.com Cash App at: $davidknightshow BTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support .

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