SpaceX, US Air Force Settle Spy Sat Dispute

Posted by timothy on Sunday January 25, 2015 @10:47AM from the show-elon-what-you're-wearing dept.

hypnosec writes The US Air Force and private space flight company SpaceX have settled their dispute involving the military's expendable rocket program, thereby paving the way for SpaceX to join the spy satellite launch program known as Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV). The settlement opens doors for SpaceX to compete with United Launch Alliance (ULA) for launch of spy satellites. ULA is a joint Boeing-Lockheed venture – the only private player to have received clearance for launching black ops satellites.

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Is someone looking for a job? by Frosty+Piss · 2015-01-25 10:55 · Score: 5, Interesting

Maybe someone high up in the USAF food chain is retireing soon and looking for a job... Boeing obviously didn't pay them off enough to keep exclusivity on their overpriced program.

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Re:Elon Musk gotta be very careful here ! by Inzkeeper · 2015-01-25 11:54 · Score: 5, Funny

That sure is a nice looking stage one rocket booster you have there.
It'd be a shame it something were to happen to it...