"It is my statement of fact that this is so."
I have worked both space sectors, public and private, and I can assure you that is a statement of *opinion*.
NASA has many problems, and the big boys feeding at the corporate trough are loathe to step away, I'll grant you that. However, private space is starving.
Somebody has to get us into space, sooner rather than later. NASA is our best near-term shot, though woefully inefficient. Rutan and others will pass up NASA, but we don't need to wait.
Beyond that, the big boys really are trying to get something done, it isn't all a matter of sucking up tax dollars for no return.
I too have worked in the government space sector (both NASA and Military) and the private commercial space sector. I have worked fairly high up in NASA's manned spaceflight program and can assure you that this in not merely opinion, but verifiable fact.
It is clear that you are letting your closeness to the problem blind you from seeing (let alone admitting) what is becoming glaringly obvious to everyone else.
I understand that, as it has been hazardous to careers to even privately acknowledge that "the emperor has no clothes" at NASA.
However, private space is starving.
That begs the question of why this is so? Could it be that NASA has had a hand in creating this scenario, instead of nurturing this important industry?
Somebody has to get us into space, sooner rather than later.
No, there are no guarantees that we ever will recreate the "Space Program" of old. Even pouring billions of more tax dollars into NASA's budget does not guarantee they will accomplish the job, given the bureaucratic de-evolution that is crippling it. NASA is still living off of the legend of "doing the impossible" glory days from 30 years ago.
In the commercial sector accomplishment is rewarded, and failure is not tolerated, let alone rewarded as it is in the government.