Yes, ER, I agree that BOTH the Government-run space program and
"private" space programs have BOTH become notorious for?
Delays, delays, delays, delays....

On the Government side it's not all NASA's fault! They have to do what ever the government tells them to do,
depending which President is in power, which Congress is willing to fund a project for more than 4 years.
Remember GHW Bush's grand plans in 1989? announcing the desire to send NASA back to the Moon, on to Mars?
Congress didn't give one penny to that proposal.

OK! What about Free Enterprise?
Has it done any better?

Where's Zubrin's plans to send men to Mars? It's been 30 years, I'm still waiting.

What about Roton? (project died).

What about Armadillo Aerospace's
plans to send up humans into space?
(12 years, still waiting)

What about SpaceX and its 'cheap'
and frequent access to LEO?
There maybe only one SpaceX launch this year, if they are lucky.

What about Virgin Galactic and its 'promise' to send tourists into space "this year?" (PLEEEZE!! If Richard Branson makes another promise that goes down the toilet...)

What about InterOrbital Services
and its plans to use modular rockets to put payloads, and then humans, into LEO?

They made promises as far back as
2000. (are they a fraud? or simply incompetents?)

What about Escalibur Almaz?
(that's a bad joke)

Nuff said.