Outer space

SpaceX to launch military equipment

The US Air Force announced today that it certified SpaceX to launch national security payloads, ending the monopoly held by the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture, United Launch Alliance (ULA). This decision, to give this mission to  a private contractor, as was announces by the congress lobbyists, which were pushing for the deal, was taken due to much cheaper service, than was the one of its predecessor, the ULA.