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		chii on Jan 30, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elon Musk: Boeing 787 battery fundamentally unsafe it makes strategic sense to taint your competitor, if there is no repercussion for doing so, but lots of advantages.

jeltz on Jan 30, 2013 [–]

Boeing is not a competitor. If there is any strategy behind this move it is to make the public think it is just Boeing's batteries which are at fault and not lithium batteries in general.

sangnoir on Jan 30, 2013 | [–]

United Launch Alliance competes directly with SpaceX. ULA comprises Lockheed and Boeing.

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