Boeing faces lawsuit over alleged theft of NASA rocket tools and intellectual property.

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Boeing faces lawsuit over alleged theft of NASA rocket tools and intellectual property.
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Boeing has been sued for allegedly stealing intellectual property related to NASA's Artemis moon rocket. The lawsuit accuses Boeing of IP theft, conspiracy, and misuse of critical components involved in assembling the rocket. The complaint attests that Boeing's attempted replication of Colorado-based Wilson Aerospace's technology was the cause of leaks aboard the International Space Station and the source of last year's hydrogen leaks during repeated attempts to fuel and launch NASA's Space Launch System rocket for its Artemis 1 mission. Wilson Aerospace has been manufacturing tools and components for NASA missions for almost three decades.

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