Is a "strong government enough"? To quote the article:

> The FCC’s attempt to balance science and commerce was not well-accepted by said scientists, who took their story to the media.

This suggests to me that the government had enough strength to make an enforceable ruling, but very nearly made a ruling that would have not prioritized science in the way that the radio astronomers would have wanted.

It took something else (public attention, persistent outreach by scientists, etc) for the FCC to come to the ruling that it ultimately came to.