This is the first time ever that we've had competition in the form of multiple companies that can deliver astronauts to orbit. As for NASA "in-housing" everyth

This is the first time ever that we've had competition in the form of multiple companies that can deliver astronauts to orbit. As for NASA "in-housing" everything, that's always been a continuum. Mercury is probably the last spacecraft that you could really say NASA designed internally that flew. Even operationally, for the last part of the Shuttle program, most all of the operations were done by the United Space Alliance. That said, I agree that NASA has a role to play to encourage diversity and competition, and IMO they've done that with Orion, Dragon, and DreamChaser. Just because SpaceX could use some competition doesn't mean it has to be Boeing.