My issues with BO are more about their whole “business” model being noncompetitive, either through lawsuits

Say what you want about this, but most major government procurement contracts involve some sort of legal battles. Kinda the name of the game. I was working the contract on the NASA side when it happened and the space enthusiasts blew it way out of proportion.

or the megabillionaire owner paying for everything and underbidding and winning contracts that should go to real companies, like Rocket Lab, Stoke, Astrobotic, etc.

You mean, like, how SpaceX underbid for HLS?

In any case, this is just plain wrong. Blue generates bids that they expect to turn a profit, they just have far better facilities and economies of scale than everyone else besides SpaceX.

Still hilarious to have “theelonmusketeers” posting memes making fun of Blue right after SpaceX has a high profile RUD

Honestly, spaceX fans taking issue with Blue is a bit silly in general. There’s plenty of market demand to go around and more suppliers could only help the future of human space flight

Meanwhile, New Glenn flew the same day starship was raining debris from a failed second stage…