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Boeing flags its intentions in commercial space

I entrust my life to the Boeing corporation every year; as do the many millions who board planes to fly around the globe. The Seattle-based company has been in business for almost 100 years. Safety is everything.

So when I got to meet a group of its space executives this week at the Farnborough Air Show, I wanted to know how a company of its pedigree reacted when it heard US senators talk of commercial space as being too soon, and "too big a risk".

If it hadn't been for a Eurofighter screaming above the Boeing chalet at the time, you might have been able to hear a pin drop. These are delicate times politically, and no-one wants to speak too soon just in case anything they say comes out in a way that could be misinterpreted.
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