IT’S GREAT THAT SPACEX IS GREAT. IT’S NOT GREAT THAT NOBODY ELSE IS AS GREAT. SpaceX just stomped the competition for a new contract—that’s not great. “Although it’s wonderful that NASA has an excellent contractor in SpaceX, it’s not healthy in the long term that there are so few credible competitors. Moreover, a careful reading of the source selection statement reveals that NASA had to really work to get a competition at all.”