Air Force Certifies Spacex To Compete For Military Launches

Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times: Business
Tue, 05/26/2015 - 7:31pm

After a two-year effort, entrepreneur Elon Musk and his upstart company SpaceX won approval from the Air Force on Tuesday to launch the military's most critical satellites.

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