@jayarava @rodhilton There was no revolution. NASA chose to scrap the Space Shuttle program and contracted SpaceX as their preferred carrier.

SpaceX was already doing the work, but without a Space Shuttle program and a pressing need for low-earth orbit missions, someone needed to fill that vacuum (so to speak).

There was absolutely nothing musk did to facilitate this, he was -- once again -- in the right place at the right time to take the credit for it.