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Science News Roundup: Italy unveils new hi-tech floor design for Colosseum area; NASA tells SpaceX to halt lunar lander work pending contract and more Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Italy unveils new hi-tech floor design for Colosseum area The ancient Roman Colosseum is once again going to have a floor thanks to a new, hi-tech project announced by the culture ministry on Sunday.Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 03-05-2021 10:38 IST | Created: 03-05-2021 10:26 IST
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Italy unveils new hi-tech floor design for Colosseum area
The ancient Roman Colosseum is once again going to have a floor thanks to a new, hi-tech project announced by the culture ministry on Sunday. It is an extraordinary project, said Culture Minister Dario Franceschini, detailing the plans to create a flexible floor to give tourists a clearer idea of how the arena would have looked when gladiators fought to the death there.
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Illustration of SpaceX Starship human lander design. (Photo via SpaceX/NASA)
Less than a month after awarding SpaceX a $2.89 billion contract to build a human landing system (HLS) for the historic Artemis mission, NASA has halted work on the project pending complaints by rival bidders.
Two firms that lost out on the deal Dynetics and Blue Origin have filed complaints with the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) over NASA s decision to make a single HLS Option A award to SpaceX. In an April 16 source selection statement, Kathryn Lueders, head of NASA s human spaceflight office, revealed that the agency s longstanding Option A acquisition strategy of making two contract awards is not currently fiscally sound.
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Both protests were filed to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, with Blue Origin claiming that “NASA has executed a flawed acquisition for the Human Landing System program and moved the goalposts at the last minute.” According to a spokesperson for the company, “In NASA’s own words, it has made a ‘high risk’ selection. Their decision eliminates opportunities for competition, significantly narrows the supply base, and not only delays, but also endangers America’s return to the Moon.” In a similar vein, Dynetics also challenged NASA’s decision for being “the most anti-competitive and high risk option available.”