These include Boeing (NYSE:BA), auto supplier Michelin (OTCMKTS:MGDDY) and huge defense contractor Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC). NASA plans to spend a max total of $4.6 billion on the LTV.

NASA awarded SpaceX a contract worth up to $843 million to deorbit the ISS no earlier ... That allowed it to outperform rivals Northrop Grumman Systems (NOC) and AlphaSpaces, which received poorer ...