Artemis is less expensive than Apollo, at least so far. There is definitely a fighting over handouts component, but this mostly seems to be at the Congressiona

Artemis is less expensive than Apollo, at least so far. There is definitely a fighting over handouts component, but this mostly seems to be at the Congressional level where they legislate how the rocket will be built and what kind of boosters it will have, and those requirements have a habit of lining up nicely with existing defense contractors in the states they represent.