Posted on Aug 17, 2021
Bezos sues Nasa over its deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX
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Jeff Bezos's space firm Blue Origin is suing Nasa over a decision to award a $2.9bn (£2.1bn) lunar lander contract to Elon Musk's SpaceX.
The former Amazon boss's firm said there were "fundamental issues" with the deal, calling it unfair.
The row stems from a decision in April to hand the deal to one company, not two as expected, because of a funding shortfall.
Nasa is yet to comment, but it has the backing of a federal watchdog.
In a court filing on Friday, Blue Origin said it continued to believe that two providers were needed to build the landing system, which will carry astronauts down to the Moon's surface as early as 2024.
It also accused Nasa of "unlawful and improper evaluation" of its proposals during the tender process.
The former Amazon boss's firm said there were "fundamental issues" with the deal, calling it unfair.
The row stems from a decision in April to hand the deal to one company, not two as expected, because of a funding shortfall.
Nasa is yet to comment, but it has the backing of a federal watchdog.
In a court filing on Friday, Blue Origin said it continued to believe that two providers were needed to build the landing system, which will carry astronauts down to the Moon's surface as early as 2024.
It also accused Nasa of "unlawful and improper evaluation" of its proposals during the tender process.
Bezos sues Nasa over its deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX
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He might have an argument if he had a functional orbital rocket system. Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket isn’t scheduled for a test flight until 2022 at the earliest.
OTOH, SpaceX has successfully launched their Falcon Heavy rocket- designed to go beyond LEO - three times.
OTOH, SpaceX has successfully launched their Falcon Heavy rocket- designed to go beyond LEO - three times.
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Let's send them both up, kick them out of the capsule, and let them fight it out. Whoever survives gets the contract. Stop your freaking whining!!!
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Good morning everyone, thank you for the interesting post. It shows how mich underhanded deals that are going on. It's jus5 business?? Be blessed
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