“Just like Rockwell, Boeing, General Dynamics or any number of private companies have been able to grow without outrageous government subsidies and development contracts through the years? /s”
Sure, so you’re going to pay a new company to reinvent what those companies had 30 years ago.
Which of these piglet welfare case aerospace giants has offered to provide this service at the same price as SpaceX, with a 30 year old system or a new one for that matter?
Which one do you work for?