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[i]A possible contract squabble threatens to complicate U.S. government plans to rely on commercial-cargo operators who would launch rockets to supply the International Space Station early in the next decade. A contractor team led by startup PlanetSpace Inc., which includes Boeing Co., Lockheed Martin Corp. and Alliant Techsystems Inc. is considering filing a protest over a contract worth as much as $1.9 billion that was awarded last month to Orbital Sciences Corp., according to people familiar with the details. ...The losing bidder hasn't made a final decision, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is slated to brief competitors as early as next on the reasons behind its decision. But PlanetSpace officials, according to these people, already are consulting with lawyers and believe they may have legal grounds to challenge the agency's selection. A NASA source selection panel ranked Orbital's overall proposal and its projected costs less favorably than bids submitted by the PlanetSpace team and a third bidder, Space Exploration Technologies Inc, according to one person familiar with the details.[/i]
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