SpaceX’s Musk Says ULA Space Launch Monopoly a ‘Mistake’
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Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., said extending a U.S. space launch “monopoly” controlled by Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. would be a mistake.
Musk said the Air Force is “proposing to extend the sole-source monopoly” of United Launch Alliance LLC, a joint venture of Chicago-based Boeing and Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed, until 2018. He spoke at the National Press Club in Washington and also announced plans to develop a reusable rocket.