That's not why Congress is funding Commercial Crew insufficiently. They're up to a different game. Delaying Commercial Crew won't help ULA much—the looming (lat

That's not why Congress is funding Commercial Crew insufficiently. They're up to a different game. Delaying Commercial Crew won't help ULA much—the looming (latest) threat to ULA by SpaceX is reusability of the Falcon 9 first stage, and that is going to happen soon regardless of Commercial Crew. Also, NASA doesn't need to "catch up" to SpaceX—NASA is wants SpaceX and Boeing to get these vehicles flying by 2017 and has loudly and sincerely requested full funding for the Commercial Crew Program to that end. There's another pair of elephants (well, pigs) in the room that together are devouring $3 billion worth of resources per year that could be better spent on other space investments, including the Commercial Crew Program.