Originally Posted by
tdracer
If the Orange Man has his way, there are going to be a lot of 'vendors' who've become used to sucking at the government teat who are going to be unhappy.
I don't like the idea of giving one company an effective monopoly on anything, but unless someone can come close to duplicating what Space X can do, it become pretty hard to justify spending tax money on much more costly alternatives.
The first company to fly a methalox engine successfully in production: Blue Origin
The first methalox powered launch vehicle to reach orbit: New Glenn
Is it really that clear who's in the lead?
Originally Posted by
hobbit1983
Well...SpaceX can.
SpaceX isn't doing methalox cheaper and faster yet.