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U.S. Denies Bezos Push to Overturn NASA-SpaceX Moon Lander Deal
U.S. Government Accountability Office denied Blue Origin bid to stop NASA $2.9 Billion award to Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
Source: Blue Origin
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Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, lost its bid to stop a $2.9 billion NASA award to Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. for a landing system to return astronauts to the moon.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office said Friday that NASA wasn’t required to hand out more than one contract for the lander -- as Blue Origin and its partners argued -- despite the agency’s stated preference for providing multiple awards. NASA had said its contract decision would be driven by budget constraints, leading to the single award in April for SpaceX.