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Boeing may put its iconic space business up for sale and had talks with Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin


That could include the Boeing's Starliner space taxi program and operations related to the International Space Station, sources told the Wall Street Journal.

The news comes days after Boeing reported third-quarter results that showed a$6 billion loss as its commercial aircraft unit has been hobbled by a strike that continues to drag on, with workers rejecting the latest offer. In addition, mishaps on Boeing passenger jets earlier this year have brought the company’s production processes and work culture under increasing scrutiny, further weighing on its commercial division. But its Starliner program suffered a major setback earlier this year, when a crewed test flight took two astronauts to the space station but left them stuck there due to glitches with the capsule.

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