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SpaceX just stomped the competition for a new contract—that’s not great (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It comes down to experience and actually being able to build what's needed. There just simple are not that many companies that can reliably ships, missiles, tanks, and spacecraft.
The government is obviously going to go with companies that can do it.