4 ms·If you're talking about SpaceX, it was prominently funded by the US government.by ric2b 3y agoIf you're talking about SpaceX, it was prominently funded by the US government.nightski 3y agoFunded by governments and run by the government are vastly different things.ric2b 3y agoThe argument was "[it] takes so much money and know how buildup that only nations and maybe the top 5 or so companies could pull it off. ", so the funding was the question, not who runs it.