In a display of the power of competition, American entrepreneurs have broken the government monopoly on space travel, and succeeded in lowering the cost of space access before a single paying participant has taken a flight.
Following the sale of the Swedish space company Saab Space and its Austrian subsidiary Austrian Aerospace by SAAB AB to Swiss technology group RUAG, the companies are now united under one name: RUAG Aerospace.
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury today awarded ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (NASDAQ: ICOG) $236 million in punitive damages in its case versus The Boeing Company and its Boeing Satellite Services International subsidiary (collectively, "Boeing") (NYSE: BA).
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In a display of the power of competition, American entrepreneurs have broken the government monopoly on space travel, and succeeded in lowering the cost of space access before a single paying participant has taken a flight.