The FAA is slow walking SpaceX approval to let NASA SLS go first.
Otherwise SLS will be obviously pointless before it ever flies. Instead of five minutes afterward. Ten minutes if SpaceX’s first attempt fails.
Ten minutes if SpaceX’s first attempt fails.
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At SpaceX, failure is built in - that is the point of Musk’s rapid prototyping - something NASA cannot do.
If Musk had a free hand, without the onerous and restrictive environmental regulations, the Starship - iteration xx- would have launched already, and March would likely have seen several launches or more. Now, even one March launch may be too much to hope for.