> So if the government pays for you to build out your infrastructure you then own and use to secure other contracts ... isn't that a subsidy? The other contrac

> So if the government pays for you to build out your infrastructure you then own and use to secure other contracts ... isn't that a subsidy? The other contracts are key here. It's very unlikely that the vertical integration facility will be used for anything else than US government missions, as vertical integration is basically only useful for spy satellites. Without more details it's hard to judge whether the same is true for the West Coast upgrades and extended fairing, but it wouldn't surprise me if we see those only being used for government contracts.