only they have the guts to take risks,spend money (no they don't just rely on cOnTraCts) on unproven tech. others like ULA, NASA are just job programs to milk money via cost-plus contracts.
Falcon 9 literally completed it's 500th launch-landing of a booster recently. no issues in their competency.

here's just one hilarious sample of that: archive.ph/depE1
tldr: bloated nasa working with bloated boeing for a decade on a docking. SpaceX decides to make their own less complex version. NASA thinks SpaceX is stupid. spacex builds the prototype with off-the-shelf parts. nasa still not convinced.

and if that isn't enough go through the replies here: www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLoun...

and arstechnica.com/science/2020...

look you can hate musk for other reasons but this whole article is riddled with biased language, bad sources. incredibly bad hit piece right from the get go.

that dude Loverro mentioned 7 times in this piece is corrupt.

here's a point by point rebuttal by a former NASA guy.
x.com/CJHandmer/st...