"SpaceX is predominantly about getting government contracts" Doesn't sound like they're very successful, then, per Wikipedia, "As of December 2013, SpaceX has

"SpaceX is predominantly about getting government contracts" Doesn't sound like they're very successful, then, per Wikipedia, "As of December 2013, SpaceX has a total of 50 future launches under contract, two-thirds of them are for commercial customers." Now, the article goes on to talk about their efforts to get validated for military launches, and in the relevant article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_Expendable_Launch_Vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_Expendable_Launch_Vehi...) it says "On July 11, 2014, the DoD certified the Falcon 9 rocket as an EELV launch vehicle.", so we can expect as of late 2016 for them to have more government launches. While NASA et. al. get most of the publicity, the numbers show a significant market for commercial launches. Especially, I would imagine, if SpaceX ends up being both cheaper and more reliable, as they have promise to be.