NASA has long since favored layers of fidgeters over competent engineers.
Triples the cost and doubles the timelines.
Part of the reason there will be no manned flights to Mars.
I like your passion!
I do have big problems with Tesla & Solar City, but I can’t argue with the success of SpaceX, even with some measure of cronyism going on. (Musk is not the Poster Boy for free-market capitalism, and/but, I tend not to be as much of a purist in this realm, as I ordinarily might be.)
That being said, I definitely hear you! I tend to think it’s a bit more nuanced.(but hear you!)
Nonetheless— You might like Zimmerman’s take. He’s one of the few free-marketers covering Space.
I was told that the Saturn V was ready to launch once the weight of the paperwork matched the weight of the Saturn.