1) No one ever said "electric cars will never happen". There were electric and hybrid vehicles before Tesla even existed. 2) SpaceX is no more a "private spac

1) No one ever said "electric cars will never happen". There were electric and hybrid vehicles before Tesla even existed. 2) SpaceX is no more a "private space company" than the United Space Alliance/United Launch Alliance that builds rockets for NASA and others. Or both are. Both SpaceX and USA/ULA operate under similar models: clients both government and private pay them to build rockets. I do not understand why people think NASA builds rockets. They don't. Rob