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And SpaceX sues when ULA gets a contract. Using lawsuits, you could probably construct a pretty clear DAG organizing the industry from the most incumbent compan
by Rebelgecko 4y ago
And SpaceX sues when ULA gets a contract. Using lawsuits, you could probably construct a pretty clear DAG organizing the industry from the most incumbent company to the newest challenger
- jkmcf 4y agoThat's because ULA is doing 1/2 the work for 2x the cost.
- panick21_ 4y agoSpaceX has not sued ULA ever unless I am missing something. SpaceX did sue the Airforce at one point because the Airforce basically tried to award something like 10 years of contracts to a single supplier. That is quite a different thing.
- Rebelgecko 4y agoAlthough I didn't actually say that SpaceX has sued ULA, they have sued both of ULA's parent companies over the EELV contract circa 2005, as well multiple lawsuits against the government over bids they lost in 2014 (EELV block buy) and 2019. They also filed multiple protests in 2019 against NASA over the Lucy contract, but dropped them all when they got awarded DART. Another time, they even sued a NASA consultant because they believed he was allegedly talking mad shit about a rumored F-9 anomaly
- panick21_ 4y agoAnd SpaceX won those because they actually broke the monopoly that was against federal law. The lawsuits by BlueOrigin were after actually competitive bids had already happened. That is why people didn't mind the SpaceX lawsuits and why they won. Nothing SpaceX has ever done compares to BlueOrigin offensive after the moon contract.