[Moonman62]

First of all, that article is from January, 2017. Second, the article says that SpaceX was profitable:

SpaceX is no longer profitable and cash-flow positive.

[rb22982]

No, that article says SpaceX claimed it was profitable and the company later yanked that claim off the website after internal docs leaked saying they were bleeding cash and losing money. If SpaceX was profitable, Musk would already have claimed so. And like all of Musks businesses, they would never have existed without government largess