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NASA freezes SpaceX’s lunar lander cash due to protests

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Starship on the moon

An artist’s conception shows SpaceX’s spaceship rocket ship on the moon. (SpaceX illustration) NASA says it will withhold its payments to SpaceX for the development of its Starship super rocket as a lunar lander, while the Government Accountability Office addresses the $ 2.9 billion contracting challenges of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture as well … Read more

Blue Origin is challenging SpaceX’s Artemis lander contract from NASA

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Igor Bonifacic

Over a week ago, NASA placed a $ 2.9 billion contract with Elon Musks SpaceX to build a lunar lander for the upcoming Artemis Moon project. When choosing SpaceX, NASA handed over the defense company Dynetics and Blue Origin. The latter is now challenging the decision. In a protest filed with the Federal Government Accountability … Read more