>>> If it were NASA, we might get a preliminary report 9 months from now...
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>True.
>However, it's pretty safe to say that had JFK and Kruschev not started the competition that led to the creation of NASA and had NASA and its Russian equivalent not been created, Mr Musk would probably not be in this business.

NASA in the '60s went from zilch to a moon landing, without the help of computerized controls, modern materials etc. They took more risks than SpaceX does today.

Post-Apollo NASA's funding was cut dramatically and to a large extent they went into survival mode. The Shuttle program was the next big thing but after the Challenger disaster they became very risk-averse. That function has now been largely farmed out to the private sector (and the Russians, who from the POV of the US may or may not be considered "private sector").