>>11865104I mean SpaceX wouldn't even exist without COTS. Pence is spearheading the creation of Space Force, and he obviously intends for it to be something more than the AF Space Command was. SpaceX is extremely intimate with the US Government and basically too big to fail at this point, they will always get contracts to do something, like GLS or NRO stuff. Space Force will ensure every worthwhile nuspace company gets the fat federal contracts they need to survive.
