It was very sad to see the outright corruption of paying Blue Origin for a second rate product they won't even deliver on. What the hell is a competition for if the (sore) loser wins?

You make a good case for Antarctic development. It would be great to just leave it alone, but with temperatures rising and rich resources becoming exploitable, it's clear that the developed world's governments are recalibrating to the usefulness of the treaties that have so far kept it relatively untouched. The private sector has riches of niches to fill there.