> I’m looking through the list of the heads of nasa ... But why did none of them try what spacex is doing? There’s no scenario where NASA or a NASA administrat

> I’m looking through the list of the heads of nasa ... But why did none of them try what spacex is doing? There’s no scenario where NASA or a NASA administrator could do what SpaceX is doing, well or poorly. That’s not their role. That said. Charles Bolden pushed back on congress with regards to SLS as much as was practical. (I imagine other administrators did too, in their way) Congress wanted a jobs program and is getting a jobs program, and in that situation the NASA administrator can just say “this is not what we need” and be polite when congress ignores his recommendations. It’s more complicated than that, but not by much…