Yes it does, and you'll note that I support public funding for science as stated above. My contention with this idiotic article is that it implies that America cannot innovate. Even though SpaceX may rely upon contracts for NASA (and idk how much of that is a given), you cannot claim that America is not innovative when it's a private company in the United States building REUSABLE ROCKETS. That is innovation.
Patient contracts?
I mean they have contracts with Nasa and that Nasa have been very patient with SpaceX fulfilling their obligations.