article_snippet.sent: SpaceX is frequently in the headlines thanks to SpaceX nearly $2 billion federal contract, and SpaceX attempts to reuse booster rockets have been rocky . '
article_snippet.sent: SpaceX and Blue Origin are among several U.S. companies engaged in the private space business.
article_snippet.sent: By contrast, SpaceX is frequently in the headlines thanks to SpaceX nearly $2 billion federal contract.
article_snippet.sent: All of the private space businesses have had setbacks, such as Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, which lost a spacecraft and a pilot in October over California's Mojave Desert. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin are among several US companies engaged in the private space business .
  