Bull.
Commercial start-ups are people like Elon Musk who is a heavy campaign contributor and fundraiser for Obama and democrats. It’s crony-capitalism and the U.S. is going to left grounded while foreign countries move out and control that arena.
But then again that’s just what the Science and Technology Adviser for Obama wants.
Those ready to attack legacy companies that have worked for NASA are just the new guys on the block who want their turn at the trough.
You need to separate Mr. Musk’s economic activities from his political beliefs. The simple fact is that he is building a better mouse trap at a lower price. He has attracted government funding because he is doing something that up until now only governments have done, and doing it better!
Space-X has rewritten the book on how you do R&D into construction/launching a rocket. He is also doing it with a large chunk of his own money on the line. Something you don’t see Lockheed or Boeing doing in the Government arena.