Wasn&#x27;t one of the primary motivations for privatising the space industry to cut costs? So player A wound up having significantly higher costs than later player B. Oh, but mind you, player B (spacex) has had some very serious accidents along the way. I don&#x27;t remember hearing about such with ULA. I don&#x27;t necessarily read this as a story of corruption and waste, full stop. Unless I missed something...