Personally, even ignoring the vast differences in the competitive landscape between then and now, I think there is a substantial difference between a) objecting

Personally, even ignoring the vast differences in the competitive landscape between then and now, I think there is a substantial difference between a) objecting on antitrust grounds to a merger that even the FTC itself tacitly admitted was likely to have strong anticompetitive effects^[1], and b) the incessant nuisance lawsuits brought by Blue Origin against (directly or indirectly) SpaceX. And I think that's true even if you disagree with my characterization of them as "incessant nuisance lawsuits". ^[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Launch_Alliance#Formation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Launch_Alliance#Formati...