NASA is part of this project. They are writing SpaceX a check to develop Starship and use it as part of the Artemis program. NASA also wrote SpaceX checks for

NASA is part of this project. They are writing SpaceX a check to develop Starship and use it as part of the Artemis program. NASA also wrote SpaceX checks for the development of Falcon 9, the Dragon cargo capsule for space station resupply missions, the Dragon crew capsule for space station crew missions, and various other probe and satellite launches along the way. I think these were good contracts that benefited both organizations massively, let SpaceX survive, and let NASA contract for services without paying the entire development cost since that was shared with SpaceX's own investment and other customers. But it's definitely not a situation that can be boiled down to SpaceX vs NASA, it's been SpaceX and NASA together since the Falcon 9 development program began.