Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in exchange for moon mission contract
By Eric M. Johnson
Reuters
SEATTLE (Reuters) -Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the U.S. space agency awards his company Blue Origin a contract to make a spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon.
NASA in April awarded rival billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk s SpaceX https://www.reuters.com/technology/spacex-wins-us-contract-spacecraft-send-astronauts-moon-washington-post-2021-04-16 a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the lunar surface as early as 2024, rejecting bids from Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics. Blue Origin had partnered with Lockheed Martin Corp, Northrop Grumman Corp and Draper in the bid.
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Jeff Bezos Offers NASA $2 Billion Discount For Blue Origin Moon Lander Jeff Bezos Offers NASA $2 Billion Discount For Blue Origin Moon Lander The United States is seeking to return to the Moon by 2024 under the Artemis program, using the lessons learned to prepare for a crewed Mars mission in the 2030s.
Updated: July 27, 2021 5:01 am IST
Jeff Bezos said that the company would test its lander in orbit around the Earth at its own cost (File)
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Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos wrote an open letter to NASA on Monday offering a $2 billion discount to allow his company to build a Moon lander.
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Bezos offers NASA a US$2 billion discount for Blue Origin moon lander
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, jogs onto the Blue Origin s New Shepard rocket landing pad to pose for photos at the spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Jul 20, 2021. (Photo: AP/Tony Gutierrez)
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WASHINGTON: Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos wrote an open letter to NASA on Monday offering a $2 billion discount to allow his company to build a moon lander.