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Looks like at least one company has the balls to try & break the monopoly before it starts;
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, Plantiff
V.
The Boeing Comany and Lockheed Martin Corporation, Defendants
Case CV05-7533
Pertinent excerpts
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Dr. Mordrid
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, Plantiff
V.
The Boeing Comany and Lockheed Martin Corporation, Defendants
Case CV05-7533
Pertinent excerpts
1. This is an action by Space Exploration Technologies Corporation ("SpaceX") against the Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin Corporation for violations of antitrust, unfair competition and racketeering laws. Boeing and Lockheed Martin have engaged in an unlawful conspiracy to eliminate competition in, and utlimately to monopolize, the government space launch business and prevent SpaceX and other potential new entrants from competing in that business.
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4. SpaceX poses a significant threat to Boeing and Lockheed Martin's dominant position. It has developed new technologies and a new business model that will allow it to reduce dramatically the cost of access to space and increase the reliability of launch vehicles. The rockets being developed by SpaceX will perform better, and will be much less expensive, than those offered by Boeing or Lockheed Martin.
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4. SpaceX poses a significant threat to Boeing and Lockheed Martin's dominant position. It has developed new technologies and a new business model that will allow it to reduce dramatically the cost of access to space and increase the reliability of launch vehicles. The rockets being developed by SpaceX will perform better, and will be much less expensive, than those offered by Boeing or Lockheed Martin.
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