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Old 02-24-2008, 02:25 PM   #3 (permalink)
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<<<Octavian Salamanco of Heretical News Network. I don't feel right about Raytheon Missile Systems Co. being involved. Plus, I don't think it should count if the private company is a weapons contractor. I'm also dispondant that Scaled Composites hasn't offered to take a crack at this.>>>
Good point about Raytheon, who gets government money being allowed to participate in this competition.

I wonder why Scaled Composites did not sign up ? They might be focusing assets on commercial ventures....
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