SPACE: SpaceX vs. NASA: Why it matters who will get us to the Moon first. “Ultimately it is a competition between an agency that has had years of testing and experience but is limited by a fluctuating taxpayer budget and administration policy changes, and a company relatively new to the game but which has already launched 109 Falcon 9 rockets with a 98% success rate and has a dedicated long-term cash flow.”

Related: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon just became America’s longest-lived astronaut spaceship.

SpaceX is catching up quickly on testing and experience.