SpaceX Injunction Dissolved

An anonymous reader writes "Two weeks ago, SpaceX filed suit against the U.S. Air Force in an attempt to enforce competition for rocket purchases. They argued it was a bad idea to blindly shovel money into Russia's coffers for rides to space, and said there was no way for other rocket manufacturers to get a foot in the door. Last week, it looked like they were getting traction — an injunction was granted, temporarily halting the Air Force's process of buying rockets. Unfortunately for SpaceX, that injunction has now been dissolved. At the heart of the suit was Executive Order 13,661, which blocks the transfer of wealth to people in the Russian Federation who are related to the situation in the Ukraine. SpaceX said that since Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin was the head of their space agency, payments to the agency were effectively payments to him. The U.S. departments of Commerce, State, and the Treasury all sent letters to the court saying this was not the case, and the court agreed. Here's the final ruling."

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didnt you know?

[ganjadude]

the blocks on russian money is just for show. Does everyone forget the conversation obama and putin had? Something along the lines of wait until after the election and ill have more leeway?? Im not saying that invading ukrane is what they were talking about but, im saying we dont know what he was talking about

Obama and putin are buddy buddy, anything america is doing against russia right now is only to keep the american people happy, its not to actually get results