Unfortunately it seems like traditional aerospace now has a very big lever to pull to get SpaceX shut down: public opinion following the reasoning "rocket go boom. go boom bad. rocket bad".
Or actually the other way around - what will be in the news, another successful Atlas V or Ariane 5 or a nice big powerful explosion during a test flight ? That can bring a lot of interest from people not to mention disseminate the news about Starship far and wide.
