The US national-security establishment trusts SpaceX more than almost any contractor. It is one of only two certified providers for the military's most demanding launches and won the majority of National Security Space Launch Phase 3 work — billions of dollars across dozens of missions. It routinely launches classified payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office and Space Force, and NASA relies on Crew Dragon as its primary means of getting astronauts to the ISS. The legitimate policy question critics raise is concentration — that the government depends heavily on one company and on Musk's personal control of Starlink in conflict zones. That's a real debate about resilience, but it reflects how indispensable and trusted SpaceX has become, not that it is a security liability.