> SpaceX told the U.S. Trade Representative in a letter dated Dec. 10 and first reported last week that European subsidies to Arianespace, Europe's primary space launch provider, created an "imbalanced competitive advantage that threatens fair trade".

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1QF2AR/

They want to hinder competition

It's moving very fast, yet you don't hear about them attempts here in the west

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ARxkXFp3Li8R0JgXBHy-Sw

Without subsidies, it's impossible to achieve, it's just like with nuclear power plants, if the public is not involved, nobody will want to invest, Musk knows that very well, he love them subsidies

He also wouldn't be able to be competitive if the government didn't offer grants/benefits for EVs

Chinese will catch them soon, the way the Chinese caught their electric car efforts.

Having an entire nation state level effort, with far more capital and far better trained workforce, which China has, and the ability to copy the leader.

China will surpass SpaceX in a handful of years. The process is already underway.

In the whole it might be a good thing because it will probably force the United States to actually give a sh*t about competing in space, and subsidize SpaceX heavily.