Bezos loses appeal over Nasa’s plans to use Musk moon lander July 30, 2021, 10:42 pm
An illustration of the SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry the first Nasa astronauts to the surface of the moon under the Artemis programme (SpaceX/NASA via AP)
The US federal government has rejected an appeal by billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to get in on Nasa’s plans to return astronauts to the moon by using rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
Nasa in April awarded the 2.9 billion dollar (£2 billion) contract for a lunar lander to the more established SpaceX, which also offered a cheaper price than the bids from Blue Origin and Dynetics, a subsidiary of Leidos.
Bezos loses appeal over Nasa s plans to use Musk moon lander
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Bezos loses appeal over Nasa s plans to use Musk moon lander
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