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Considering SpaceX is a company for which government funding is crucial to its survival I disagree that's its not questionable, most large companies would ensure their procurement procedures were exceptionally transparent - eg tender large procurements publically and make their selection process, justifications and outcome public so as to avoid any issues of nepotism, favouritism or flat out corruption that could harm the business.
This is a very large company that's just bought a bunch of unreliable, unsellable excess product that it's staff will be forced to rely on daily, purely because the CEOs side-business needs a bailout. What's the bet they were sold close to retail price and will appear on Tesla's quarterly report in December as a huge influx of Cybertruck sales? That might be good for Tesla but it sure isn't good for SpaceX.
Wouldn’t it be just hilarious if his hubris destroyed spacex, his one company that was actually doing well, despite him.