Former NASA Chief Turned ULA Lobbyist Seeks Law to Limit SpaceX Funding

A former NASA administrator who now lobbies for United Launch Alliance is pushing legislation that would limit federal funding to SpaceX, in what critics describe as a brazen example of the revolving door between government agencies and the defense contractors they oversee. The proposed law would cap the amount of NASA and Pentagon launch contracts that can be awarded to a single provider — a provision transparently aimed at Elon Musk's SpaceX, which has dominated the launch market through lower costs and higher reliability. The lobbying effort exposes the tension between the old-guard aerospace industry and the new commercial space economy, where SpaceX's cost advantages have rendered traditional cost-plus contractors increasingly uncompetitive.