MORE EVIDENCE THAT COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT IS BECOMING A NORMAL INDUSTRY: Orbital Sciences Corporation suing United Launch Alliance, State of Virginia. “When NASA surprised many observers in 2006 by inviting private commercial companies to develop space vehicles for low earth orbit missions (the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services contract – COTS), it triggered a level of competitive forces that had not been seen in the space flight industry. Companies scrambled to create partnerships and corner scarce resources that would enable them to compete. Manifestations of the fierceness of the competition that is emerging include two recent lawsuits that have been recently filed by prominent space and missile defense company Orbital Sciences Corporation. “