Re: in the absence of those sweet, sweet taxpayer dollars
"The sub-orbital flights Blue Origin have done have looked really clean while SpaceX's Starship have been a hot mess."
It's worth noting (or clarifying) that Starship as we have seen it so far is the payload, not the launch vehicle. They shove a few engines in it simply to get it high enough up to be able to test the unusual method of slowing down for a landing.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
