On the gripping hand the original moonshot had a national context that a corporate space station does not.
However, the space industry will produce many opportunities, and plenty of companies, including ones that don't yet exist, will have a chance to carve out large, profitable niches.
Maybe they want SpaceX to establish space travel, and use their technology to jump directly for Earth Orbit Domination™ or Space Amazon Headquarters™.
USA in 1960s did not have an alternative option of using someone else's launch vehicle for a fraction of what it would cost to build one themselves; companies who want to build a commercial space station do have an option to buy launch capacity from SpaceX instead of Boeing/BlueOrigin, which would still be more expensive even if all their plans and promises materialize on the scheduled time.