SpaceX kicking butt ...

While the United Space Alliance still uses decade old
Russian rocket engines and charges exorbitant fees,
Elon Musk's Space-X is showing the world how it is
really done and done well:

https://www.space.com/38434-spacex-l...ed-rocket.html

What the Feds do not like is the fact that he did it with
his own money and they don't have a "hook" in his
company and therefore have none of their incompetents
making false decision which would drive up launch
costs and limit innovation.