SpaceX has benefited greatly from public spending - they just had a different operating model. NASA moved to the commercial space program. SpaceX has had many m

SpaceX has benefited greatly from public spending - they just had a different operating model. NASA moved to the commercial space program. SpaceX has had many military and government contracts to sustain themselves. Texas offered subsidies for Boca Chica. SpaceX has received substantial public investment in the form of contracts, infrastructure, and incentives so in essence SpaceX is benefiting the same way that you seem to abhor