Oh yeah, it's a great way to stifle progress and creativity. I mean, gee, NASA is such an excellent government-run operation; they're tip-top. Thank God we now have government in space! Phew! I was worried there for a second that we might have inexpensive and readily available commercial space flight in the next 10 years. Well thank God that government got involved!
What does NASA have to do with it? NASA is not involved in launch regulation.