Under the Conclusions section: "The United States needs a means of space access that costs much less than the current launch systems. Foreign competition conti

Under the Conclusions section: "The United States needs a means of space access that costs much less than the current launch systems. Foreign competition continues to chip away at the US commercial launch industry. A dramatic expansion in military, civil, and commercial space initiatives could help fuel a technology-based economic revitalization in the United States, but this expansion will not come about unless drastic reductions in space launch costs are achieved." (emphases mine) SpaceX has done a lot towards meeting the goal of providing drastically cheaper launch vehicles. Their cost per launch is far cheaper than what NASA was able to deliver. Even in 1994 it was apparent that commercial space flight would -- at least in part -- be the key to keeping the United States in space.