I really don&#x27;t get the need to be a &quot;better&quot; achievement. SpaceX&#x27;s immediate objective is affordable transport into space, Apollo was solely focused on human-manned space exploration... So we can agree that this is a case of apples and oranges? Even if they were in the same domain, the pursuit of science isn&#x27;t a sport, it&#x27;s a collaborative effort where one stands on the shoulders of those who came before them and re-draws the boundaries of human intellect. SpaceX owes a lot of what they can take for granted to the Apollo program, as does Apollo to the physicist who preceded them.