SpaceX is the most successful project because Mike Griffen and the DoD /CIA conceived it and Shotwell runs it. Elon, having no actual aerospace experience, does what he does best here, marketing Darpa/Spook initiatives to lollibertarians, while the adults run the actual programs
βHis SpaceX narrative is to get money from the government.β
You can tell SpaceX is Elon's most successful project because Lyn has to say the least about it. π
SpaceX is selling the US (and many other) governments a much needed service at an unprecedented low price. If course he's getting money from the government. The US and EU need launch services and SpaceX selling them.
BTW here's SpaceX's list of recent launches: https://www.spacex.com/launches/
As you can see it's mainly communication satellites, both government and commercial.
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