Comment by hackuser

Costs and catastrophic failures:[1]

* United Launch Alliance (Boeing and Lockheed Martin): 0 "outright failures" and 83 successful launches, ~$110 million/launch

* SpaceX: 1 failure and 18 successful launches, $60 million/launch

If you are looking for someone to launch your assets into orbit, who do you choose?

[1] http://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-destroyed...