[Carry_Okie]

In rockets, you get what you pay for in terms of reliability. SpaceX is a long way from being a reliable provider of launch services as we recently observed on the F20 failure.

I was in MIL-STD-883 hybrid manufacturing, for both high-power and microwave modules. Those companies made MUCH more money on paperwork than we did on products so poorly conceived from a mechanical perspective I'm amazed that anything flies, including the missiles for which they were built. As far as I am concerned, military electronics procurement is a total disaster that benefits only the paper-pushers.

[Rockitz]

Therein lies the rub- government procurement.