What I think is the greatest potential here is that this is essentially paving the way for the government to begin selling this fuel to companies that can't aff

What I think is the greatest potential here is that this is essentially paving the way for the government to begin selling this fuel to companies that can't afford to put their own fuel depot into space. Why is this good? Because once Congress sees the potential to make profit from NASA, then we'll see hundreds of billions dropped into it. I believe the next step to this would be to set up a depot in orbit around Mars to reduce the weight necessary for a mission to Mars.