> Much more significant than nationalism is the fact that SpaceX is a private enterprise. So were Douglas, Grumman, North American and Rocketdyne. Those were

> Much more significant than nationalism is the fact that SpaceX is a private enterprise. So were Douglas, Grumman, North American and Rocketdyne. Those were the companies that put men on the Moon. So too is Orbital Science, which has been launching satellites on a commercial basis for 30 years. There's nothing 'significant' about the status of SpaceX as a company.