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> Can they? And what exactly would be the legal framework behind this threat?

I think it's already happening/happened. Space-X is "working much more closely with US military from now on" - what exactly that means or what went down you or I will likely never know. But I am not surprised at this turn of events.

[inemesitaffia]

It means it's getting more contracts as opposed to less as many advocated