"The central argument put forth by ULA—a company whose launch business has been damaged by the rise of SpaceX—is that NASA, as led by Trump officials, favored SpaceX for political reasons." I for one am happy to see costs come down. And I really think Boeing should just be out of any bidding process since they are no longer capable to deliver anything without massive errors and cost overruns and schedule slips. Either get good, or there's the door.