SpaceX’s first successful launch was to orbit a Malaysian satellite (RazakSAT). So please explain to me again how is it that SpaceX is solely relying on the US government. They also have not got 3.6 billion from NASA. Those contracts are dependent on flights performed. NASA merely gave them a couple of hundred million dollars so they could get the infrastructure tailored to their standards. The money NASA gave SpaceX so far wouldn’t even pay for a single Shuttle flight.
SpaceX also manufactures nearly all of their components in house, while Lockheed Martin buys engines from Russia. Boeing has been on an outsourcing binge for their 787 airplane lately, one reason for its massive delays, so I doubt they will keep their space sector manufacturing solely in the US if they had a chance to do otherwise.
