The lawsuit argues that EELV manufacturers Boeing and Lockheed Martin colluded to prevent competition from entering the market for EELV payloads, and that collusion and other anticompetetive actions prevented SpaceX from obtaining EELV launch contracts. In the suit, SpaceX asks for real, exemplary, and treble damages, along with the legal costs associated with the suit.
No really? I wonder who else thought the exact same thing back earlier this year...
Bearaucratic nonsense. It seems to me someone's constituency was threatened by SpaceX. They could have taken the risk. They weren't willing to take the risk because the government had already poured so much money into the Titan program they didn't want to take the risk and maybe they couldn't afford to let a small private company show that the government is wasting taxpayers money on big aerospace contractors who balloon the costs of going into space.
Those suspicions are unconfirmed however. Though my gut tells me that something's not right here.
Trust my gut.
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