&gt; Compare NASA to SpaceX.<p>I guess you haven&#x27;t been paying attention to SpaceX.<p>With the exception of commodity things like their microchips, they&#x27;ve built all of their tech from scratch. They can deliver payloads somewhere between 33% and 66% cheaper than <i>anyone</i> else. Their safety record is <i>really</i>, <i>really</i> good. They&#x27;re doing things with their launch vehicles that <i>noone</i> else is.<p>SpaceX is the <i>best</i> goddamn thing to happen to spaceflight since the Cold War Space Race.