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The biggest problem NASA has is they operate under the whims of the US government, while SpaceX doesn't.
Space research and operations require very long-term planning, you can't change direction every 4 years, just because a new president has different ideas than the previous one, it's already a miracle that NASA has been able to do what they're doing in this awful conditions.
No wonder SpaceX took over. It's not NASA's fault but the US government.
And the way the U.S. government is structured encourages a two-party system which flip-flops back and forth, which is particularly ill-suited for long-term projects like space exploration.