Boeing and its subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences are suing Virgin Galactic, alleging theft of trade secrets and failure to pay $25 million for their collaboration on a new “mothership”. Ingersoll Rand has announced its intention to purchase ILC Dover for approximately $2.33 billion. Apex has announced a successful demonstration of end-to-end capabilities of the Aries platform, and more.

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Our guest today is Dr Elaina Hyde, Director of York University’s Allan I Carswell Observatory.

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Selected Reading

Virgin Galactic Sued by Boeing Over Trade Secrets - RetailWire

Ingersoll Rand to buy ILC Dover for about $2.33 billion in life sciences push- Reuters

Apex Completes First Payload Commissioning, Downlinks “Satellite Selfie,” as Part of Its Aries Call to Adventure Mission- Business Wire

Spire Global Announces Closing of $30 Million Registered Direct Offering- Business Wire

SpaceX reaches its 175th Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral with Monday evening Starlink mission – Spaceflight Now

Intuitive Machines' historic private moon mission comes to an end- Space

CSIRO 3D mapping tech blasts off for International Space Station

Momentus Announces Chief Financial Officer Transition- Business Wire

Venus Aerospace Achieves Successful Inaugural Supersonic Drone Flight

Space For Humanity Announce Support Of Amanda Nguyen Launch To Space. First Vietnamese Woman To Fly To Space

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