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I desperately want SpaceX to have some competition. Competition drives innovation up and prices down.
But at the same time, I kind of want this to be a colossal enough failure that they can't deny that this thing isn't ready.
I guess this was a competition of sorts. SpaceX won.
In retrospect, I wish NASA had had the funding for a third option as well, like crewed Dream Chaser or something. Well, hindsight is always 20/20, I suppose.
NASA should put out an RFI now for the next gen of commercial crew going to commercial stations in 2030+. Given that Blue Origin is working on a capsule and Rocket Lab teased a capsule concept for Neutron, I'm not convinced that Dreamchaser would win, but it would be great to see another round of actual competition.