"It doesn’t necessarily mean that their scientists are better, it’s just that when they say, ‘We need a billion dollars to do this,’ bam, the money comes.” More

"It doesn’t necessarily mean that their scientists are better, it’s just that when they say, ‘We need a billion dollars to do this,’ bam, the money comes.” More than that, when their scientists approach the government they aren't treated with scorn, told they are 'fake news', and ignored.