>>13790747Oldspace hasn't lost a contract in decades despite being consistently over budget and delayed. The most profitable option for them was to run over time and request more money.
They have been doing it so long and seen so many start-ups fail they assumed no one could ever challenge them, SpaceX is the first to actually compete and oldspace have so many structural issues they can't move quickly to catch up
I fully expect oldspace to be competitive again but it's going to take 20 years for the old guard to retire and the younger guys to rise into positions to change things.
>>13790753Oldspace hates Musk for killing their cash cow, politicians hate Musk for making the companies that have been buying them for decades look incompetent and the politicians by extension.
