The Trump administration reviewed SpaceX's government contracts following a conflict between Trump and Elon Musk. Officials concluded that most of these contracts are vital to the Department of Defense and NASA.

Now that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and president Donald Trump are no longer seeing eye to eye, the White House is struggling to undercut the richest man in the world's influence in Washington, DC. As the Wall Street Journal reports,

When U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Elon Musk in June and called for cutting federal ties with his companies, many dismissed it as political posturing. But behind the scenes, the Trump administration quietly launched a sweeping review of federal contracts with Musk’s businesses — particularly SpaceX.