SpaceX et. al. aren't really in competition with NASA. NASA's job is to discover and explore, not lift Joe's or the NSA's sat to LEO.
depends where you're looking — they'd definitely be in competition for engineering jobs
also NASA definitely does collaborative work with other agencies, including the CIA
My thoughts exactly. :(
This is not the reason that Musk is destroying these agencies. He is a right-wing accelerationist who believes he will rule like a warlord over the ashes of America.
So far, can you say he’s going to be wrong?
Yes, because they're doing blanket firings rather than audits.
Why would that matter for the stated goal?
oh not sure, just pointing out that he's lying about the reason he's doing it so we're just guessing