SpaceX Pushes Spaceflight Inc. Out the Airlock

Bowman: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
HAL 9000: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
-- 2001: A Space Odyssey

Like astronaut Dave Bowman on Discovery One, space logistics company Spaceflight Inc. found itself on the wrong side of the airlock last month -- and without an option to get back in. Spaceflight's problem wasn't a homicidal computer, though. Instead, Spaceflight found itself pitted against space industry behemoth SpaceX, and its stranglehold on the market for small satellite launches.

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