I think of NASA vs SpaceX as the equivalent of East vs West Germany: a clear demonstration that private companies work better than state bureaucracies.
There are plenty of inept private bureaucracies. Free market doesn't always clear them out, cash cows can support a lot of waste.
The orbiters were built by Rockwell International, the external fuel tanks by Martin Marietta/Lockheed Martin, the SRBs by Thiokol/ATK
United Space Boosters Inc./Pratt & Whitney.
Why even look as far as space, you can see this principle producing tremendous value to millions of ordinary people in the brilliant effectiveness of America’s private healthcare industry.
