Two months ago, SpaceX founder Elon Musk was online wailing about the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to fine the company for violating safety and licensing regulations and calling for the resignation of the agency’s leader, a former airline ...

"Bottom line, somebody in the Trump administration is going to say 'we want NASA and the private sector to collectively, as sort of a national space enterprise, we want them to go further, we want them to go faster, we want them to go more frequently, and we want them to go less expensively," Muncy said.

SpaceX is on a trajectory to remain the most dominant player in space launches for years to come as it makes strides with its heavy-duty Starship rocket program.