This is kind of the issue here. NASA doesn't really have a long term strategy. The want to achieve X and then make everybody bid on X. Then Y and so on. They d

This is kind of the issue here. NASA doesn't really have a long term strategy. The want to achieve X and then make everybody bid on X. Then Y and so on. They don't say 'in 30 years we want to be able to do X, what are the steps we need to take'. SpaceX has that approach luckily they can get some money from NASA to further that program.