As a side note I suggest that the issue is one of operational fidelity. They do it in a reasonable time frame for a fraction of the cost, aka, a bit of '1st er

As a side note I suggest that the issue is one of operational fidelity. They do it in a reasonable time frame for a fraction of the cost, aka, a bit of '1st era' commercialization of Space - still relatively government related, but mostly private though nowhere near consumer or even general industrial. They're just making what was previously 'research' to be economically feasible.