SpaceX operates entirely at the behest of the US government and military. Elon has lofty goals and speaks aspirationally, but they are a defense contractor no different than Lockheed or Boeing.

> SpaceX operates entirely at the behest of the US government and military.

Wrong. Correct would be "SpaceX uses US government and military to pursue its goals".

> they are a defense contractor no different than Lockheed or Boeing.

Wrong. Lockheed or Boeing don't have goals other than profits.

Don't you understand Musk's mindset? For a Silicon Valley type he's very understandable.

Though it’s a nice way to get their dev costs covered for a thing they wanted to build anyway.

That and it's not good strategy to poke the king in the eye when he comes asking for a favour. Let's call it 'win win'.

I'm pretty sure most of there work is US military work. Whether its putting up GPS or other sats

Most is commercial. Even if you count NRO and GPS as military, most launches are for commercial customers or themselves (Starlink).

They do get paid a heck of a lot more for the “military” launches though, so I don’t know how it plays out if you calculate revenue.