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Normally Bettridge's Law of Headlines would apply. But given that no one has anywhere near the volume or capacity as SpaceX at the moment, either actively or in development, then this might be the most probably near term outcome.
But what's the slightly longer term outcome? What do you want to see enabled by potentially high volume space launches?