Posted on 05/01/2014 8:28:52 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge issued an injunction late Wednesday prohibiting a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing from proceeding with plans to buy Russian-made rocket engines.
SpaceX sued the federal government Monday, protesting the Air Force’s award of a lucrative space contract, saying it should have been competitively bid.
In the suit, SpaceX criticizes United Launch Alliance (ULA) for using Russian engines in some of its rockets, which SpaceX founder Elon Musk said might be a violation of U.S. sanctions and was unseemly at a time when Russia “is the process of invading Ukraine.”
Musk alleged that the deal would benefit Dmitry Rogozin, the deputy prime minister who heads the Russian defense industry and is named by the U.S. government in the sanctions.
In reaction to the sanctions, Rogozin tweeted: “After analyzing the sanctions against our space industry, I suggest the U.S. delivers its astronauts to the ISS [International Space Station] with a trampoline.”
Elon Musk tweeted Sounds like this might be a good time to unveil the new Dragon Mk 2 spaceship that @SpaceX has been working on w @NASA," Musk wrote of the company's manned Dragon capsule currently in development. "No trampoline needed."
Elon Tweeted Cover drops [crewed Dragon] on May 29. Actual flight design hardware of crew Dragon, not a mockup.
Ping.
The more I learn about Musk, the less I respect him. Seems without big government, he might be flipping burgers.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/elon-musks-rocket-company-gets-subsidies-from-u.s.-and-france/article/2547874
bttt
It is true that he gets subsidies. He tailors his business model to get them. But he also has his own plan, and is implementing it along the way.
You’re giving too much credit to government for Spacex’s success. SpaceX is a private enterprise, not a public one.
Thanks AAC!
Same goes for Dmitry Rogozin and Vlad Putin, in fact, it really only applies to them, since they’re robbing their countrymen (and Ukraine) at gunpoint.
Well put.
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