Musk's SpaceX Forges Tighter Links with U.S. Spy and Military Agencies

Difficult to imagine that anyone sane and senior in DC feels good about Mr. Musk's, ah, behavioral issues.

But if they're bright enough to notice China's no-pretense-of-friendliness behavior, and leaps & bounds progress in space capabilities, over the past decade-ish...then they know they gotta have proven/available/scalable launch and orbital capabilities of their own. And swallow the necessary compromises for now.

1.8 billion. So far.

A really big bag