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SpaceX starts legal action against US government over ULA's uncompeted launch contract

Hawthorne, USA - "They are insanely expensive", the CEO of the California-based company explains

SpaceX announced it has started a legal action against the US government over the contract signed by the US Air Force with United Launch Alliance, a joint-venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, which guarantees the purchase of 36 rocket cores from ULA to be used in national security launches. The contract, according to the claims of the California-based, was awarded to ULA without a competition: SpaceX's...

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Rome, Italy, 04/28/2014 14:13
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