> "We do not comment on missions of this nature" ...but we'll happily take their money. Maybe I am too much of an idealist but it disappoints me that the grea

> "We do not comment on missions of this nature" ...but we'll happily take their money. Maybe I am too much of an idealist but it disappoints me that the greater goals of SpaceX are being partly funded by 'dark dollars'. I'd much prefer that they left that money on the table and just worked with commercial contracts, instead of associating with the sort of agencies that need secret launches.