It took the private sector 60 years to catch up to where NASA was, using the technology NASA developed. Everybody and his brother has a launch vehicle - that's

It took the private sector 60 years to catch up to where NASA was, using the technology NASA developed. Everybody and his brother has a launch vehicle - that's no longer a differentiator. NASA is the entity building telescopes, rovers, explorers, and space weather satellites. The private sector isn't building any of that stuff. They're largely focused on joy rides to space and being NASA's pack mule.