<font color="yellow">"1. No, it is not. It is a separate company <br />2. He hasn't shown anything to prove the cheaper launch service yet"</font><br /><br />1. C'mon, jimfromnsf, you're playing word games. ULA has only recently come into existence. Of course, it's a separate company...now, but clearly it was created by Boeing and LocMart. You're pickin' at nits here.<br /><br />2. He has indeed shown that he can get close, and barring some completely unforeseen catastrophe, it appears likely that he will succeed. Why the cynical attitude? I get the impression you are associated with Boeing or LocMart.<br /><br />BTW, you said a few posts back, "spacex has done some good demos but has yet to do anything that can be used to trash talk[.]" Mr. Musk is not engaged in trash talk. He's simply stating his position and making some comparisons in response to the media. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>