Rick Jones wrote:

:In sci.space.history Pat Flannery wrote:
: Martha Adams wrote:
:
: I notice Musk says he's brought in a "large" investor. I don't
: like to hear that, for now Musk no longer entirely owns his
: company. Who are the new people and what's their track record?
: ??
:
: That's interesting...Rutan's Scaled Composites got bought out by
: Northrop Grumman recently.
:
:Isn't NorthropGrumman the only "major" US defense contractor without a
:"serious" launch capability? One could see them investing in SpaceX
:as a further fleshing-out of their Scaled Composites purchase.
:

Define 'major'.

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"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
-- Charles Pinckney