[usehackernews]

BO didn’t want to replace SpaceX. That’s not what this is about.

BO said historically NASA gives contracts to multiple companies, and BO wanted funding too (in addition to SpaceX.

BO “argued that the agency was required to make multiple awards" because it had previously stated a preference for multiple awards”

[elif]

BO wanted 10B compared to SpaceX's 2.7B.

They also got court injunctions preventing SpaceX from starting it's program, kinda deflating your whole 'just wanted to play along' narrative

[marsokod]

It was closer to $6B, still more than twice than SpaceX though.