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> with hands-on expertise

in Air Traffic Control? At SpaceX? Do tell . . .

These aren't the same domains.

That technical nitpick aside, this is a classic business move whereby a preferred and privileged private operator gets exclusive ground floor access to get in on a leech like remora attachment to a spigot of public funds for decades.

That's the corruption part, not the touchy feely first phase "just some experts having a look".