” nasa can’t cancel him as long as they need people in space.”
not exactly, although the SLS is a clustermuck.
I have some of my own designs which for example another company Blue origin is using some elements of.
besides this Russia sanctions thing is mostly dick waving. soon things will become normally flaccid and we will buy gas and rocket engines, titanium and palladium etc
The Russia technology is OLD, isn’t it?
I have been impressed with Space-X. I think it will soon eclipse all other existing capabilities.