Aside from comparing different launch programs that don't compete with each other, the article is also purely "20/20 hindsight". A more entrepreneurial path to

Aside from comparing different launch programs that don't compete with each other, the article is also purely "20/20 hindsight". A more entrepreneurial path to a moon mission was obviously feasible when the Artemis program started. So it's not so much that we chose a more expensive option, it's that we have been blessed with experience and confidence with a new path since the original program began.