Maybe the US needs Musk to do to these programs what he's done to space. ie instead of going for the over-engineered super expensive option show how it can be d

Maybe the US needs Musk to do to these programs what he's done to space. ie instead of going for the over-engineered super expensive option show how it can be done with the SV mindset of building things faster and cheaper. If you've read his biography it details numerous times when engineers at SpaceX would come up with ways of saving huge amounts by building the parts themselves or finding another much cheaper part that worked as well or better.