Unimportant things just happen to have lower barrier for entry and higher tolerance for risk.
If important things happen to have lower barrier than unimportant things, we'll see important things progress faster, especially combined with higher tolerance for failure.
Failure in rocketry is often very costly, hence low tolerance of risk. This is also the same situation for healthcare. A drug that didn't pan out is a very costly failure. Both of them also requires lot of expertise and red tape on top of normal startup stress.
If important things happen to have lower barrier than unimportant things, we'll see important things progress faster, especially combined with higher tolerance for failure.
Failure in rocketry is often very costly, hence low tolerance of risk. This is also the same situation for healthcare. A drug that didn't pan out is a very costly failure. Both of them also requires lot of expertise and red tape on top of normal startup stress.