>So there are examples of large extended spending budgets (on rocketry programs, specifically) with nowhere near as much progress as SpaceX has done with far fe

>So there are examples of large extended spending budgets (on rocketry programs, specifically) with nowhere near as much progress as SpaceX has done with far fewer people, less time, and less money. at least in the US, a lot of the budget is really glorified government pork, unfortunately. Boeing and even NASA have to spend their money sub optimally in order to secure future funding from government bodies.