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It is not reasonable to be able to extract services and hardware for any/no cost from a private business just because they built something that could be used.

AFAIK that'd only be possible in a limited way if the US itself was at war.

Why should SpaceX have to provide services and hardware for operational costs only, while Lockheed Martin, BAE, Raytheon, etc can keep their profits?

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If there was no expectation of profit, why did they send it in the first place?

That's what a donation is. Corporations usually do it for indirect "profit" - PR mostly. But that doesn't mean they have to donate forever and in unlimited quantity now, does it?

I also donated money to Ukraine, do I have to keep sending more money because of it? No, I don't, that's entirely up to me, and my operational costs are nobody's business.

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