
Hyperbole
I get it that the septic administration will want to spin their failure at developing viable space transport into some kind of victory, never mind that this was done by a private company (and the underdog no less, the "favoured" contender still being stuck firmly on the ground), but do the media (Reg included) need to serve as a loudspeaker for their idiotic nationalist propaganda? I don't think that's necessary.
Rather, the *real* achievement here is that now there is a Plan B to get to the ISS and back, in case Soyuz had to be grounded for some reason.
Other achievements are the significant cost reductions, taxpayer savings, and this serving to further SpaceX's ambitious (that's an understatement) mission.