That is an important difference.

With NASA, funding from Congress is important, and that tends to require public interest.
With SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and other commercial companies, the funding comes from customers, and that tends to require lower prices.

These lower prices are allowing SpaceX and Rocket Lab to take a large portion of the market share of each of their niches, and Rocket Lab is helping to grow its own niche. Commercial companies with commercial customers do not need excitement, and they can afford to be routine. However, excitement seems to help.

As a bonus, the flying of members of the public, in the near future, can lead to public interest and excitement, which could add to the number of customers.

If Starship works as intended, we will be living even further into the future.

As Yakov Smirnoff would say: “What a country!”

Jeff: You are correct. I got my am and pm switched. Post is corrected. Thank you.

You wrote – “Resilience will dock with ISS tomorrow morning.”

Actually, it is a 27 hour trip to station.

“The four-person team is heading for a nearly six-month expedition on the space station, where the Dragon spaceship is due to dock at 11 p.m. EST Monday (0400 GMT Tuesday).” (spaceflightnow.com)

“Riding the Booster: Up and Down in 400 seconds”
NASA 2012
https://youtu.be/527fb3-UZGo
8:31
-> “From launch to landing, a *space shuttle’s* solid rocket booster journey is captured, with sound mixed and enhanced by Skywalker Sound.”