The issue the Pentagon has is not that SpaceX is a private business but that they they do not depend on orders from the Pentagon even if Elon owns it. In the U

The issue the Pentagon has is not that SpaceX is a private business but that they they do not depend on orders from the Pentagon even if Elon owns it. In the US the companies providing hardware and services to the Pentagon are private, but many of them depend so much on government/military contracts that the Pentagon effectively controls them. For instance, it takes a few minutes to find out that 85% of Northrop Grumman's revenue comes from the US government and that 2 former military high-ups sit on its board...