I'm not a fan of Elon Musk as a person - basicly he's a creepy uncle/Bond villain - but I admire SpaceX and to some extent Tesla, minus the faux 'autopilot' crap.
Provided RUDs don't kill people - as they did twice with the US Shuttle programme if you remember - then they're par for the course. You collect the data and correct the problems.
I like the idea of multiple suppliers - redundancy is good for scheduling & price haggling - but the ratio of money given to SpaceX compared to NASA's old buddies for SLS is indiciative of the pork barrel/political contribution mentality that still rules US space funding.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
