From #CNBC .. If #SpaceX has a "near monopoly," it's because the other launch companies failed to compete.
#ULA -- a partnership of Boeing and Lockheed Martin -- was granted a legal monopoly in 2005 by the Bush administration. SpaceX sued and lost.
SpaceX had to innovate so their cost would be so ridiculously low that they could break the ULA monopoly.
Don't blame SpaceX. Blame ULA, #BlueOrigin, and others who won't compete.
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For those who want to go down that historical legal rabbit hole, here's a 2020 paper on how the FTC granted ULA a legal monopoly.
@thedisasterautist Hmmm ... Sorry about that. I staged it on my Google Drive. Here's the link.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HiGM3dJXSgqEo9DVDKhhBSdEKFXTujca/view
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