> They did this to themselves though, they essentially had almost lifetime head start on SpaceX and a full lifetime until today to compete and SpaceX is beating

> They did this to themselves though, they essentially had almost lifetime head start on SpaceX and a full lifetime until today to compete and SpaceX is beating them to the point it's embarrassing despite just being out of it's teens. Spacex received $20bn from federal government. There's no competition. Spacex is hired exactly because of the shortcomings of what the government can and cannot. Maybe it's you who doesn't have the whole picture.