That&#x27;s not why Congress is funding Commercial Crew insufficiently. They&#x27;re up to a different game. Delaying Commercial Crew won&#x27;t help ULA much—the looming (latest) threat to ULA by SpaceX is reusability of the Falcon 9 first stage, and that is going to happen soon regardless of Commercial Crew. Also, NASA doesn&#x27;t need to &quot;catch up&quot; to SpaceX—NASA is <i>wants</i> SpaceX and Boeing to get these vehicles flying by 2017 and has loudly and sincerely requested full funding for the Commercial Crew Program to that end.<p>There&#x27;s another pair of elephants (well, pigs) in the room that together are devouring $3 billion worth of resources per year that could be better spent on other space investments, including the Commercial Crew Program.