Might be a generally better business strategy going forward, it makes it more difficult to match their price, doesn't get them hooked on higher and ultimately n

Might be a generally better business strategy going forward, it makes it more difficult to match their price, doesn't get them hooked on higher and ultimately non-sustainable profit margins, etc. Also, when they publish their prices to normal customers (http://www.spacex.com/about/capabilities http://www.spacex.com/about/capabilities), it would look bad if the premium they charge the government for additional costs such as security was too high.