In the beginning Musk went to Russia to buy a rocket and the then head of the Russian Space Agency literally spat in his face. On his way home Musk pulled out his spreadsheet and decided he could build his own rocket. Fast forward to now, the Russian Space Agency has almost no business to transact. Ouch.

Personally I'm hoping for a few more humongous explosions during testing of Starship like we had with the Falcon 9 development, but I'm not holding my breath.