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Originally Posted by eDave
The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday awarded billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX an $83 million contract to launch a GPS satellite, breaking the monopoly that Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) and Boeing Co (BA.N) have held on military space launches for more than a decade.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sp...source=twitter
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Not particularly exciting in terms of science, but a big step to ensuring long-term financial stability.
