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Virgin Galactic Sued by Boeing Over Trade Secrets

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Aerospace company Boeing has taken space tourism startup Virgin Galactic to court, alleging theft of trade secrets and failure to cough up $25 million for their collaboration on a new “mothership” to ferry a sightseeing vessel into space.

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