On the contrary, I seem to recall him saying something to the effect of "it's unfortunate than the U.S. government classifies spacecraft as weapons, so we have

On the contrary, I seem to recall him saying something to the effect of "it's unfortunate than the U.S. government classifies spacecraft as weapons, so we have to do everything in house." Found it: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2012/05/spacex-the-apple-of-spacefligh.html http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2012/05/spacex-... (although his assessment of rockets being classified as weapons seems more neutral than I remembered it) "rocket technology is ... considered an advanced weapons technology so you can't really [outsource] - so in our case manufacturing is necessary."