[SteveCoast]

Bezos should give BO to SpaceX (or maybe Rocket Lab) to run, much like Buffet gave the bulk of his money to the Gates Foundation.

It will a) put the best person on the job, b) close down an unnecessary spat and c) remove the opportunity cost and let Bezos focus on other things.

It would be a win for everyone on Earth apart from ULA.

[SonicScrub]

Right, because of that famous economic principle that monopolies create the best and most efficient technologies, and competition is bad.

[alisonkisk]

Monopolies are efficient, that's why they exist and survive. The bad part is that they can capture all the economic profit from an activity. But there doesn't necessarily matter for leisure activities like space travel.