Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Still SpaceX

Last April NASA awarded a $2.9 billion contract for a lunar lander to SpaceX for practical reasons. Blue Origin and Dynetics lost that competition. 

But Jeff Bezos (Blue Origin) didn't let it go. The two losing companies filed a challenge and complaint with NASA. No money could flow to help SpaceX develop its Starship until the challenge was answered and resolved.

NASA is done with its deliberations now, concluding that they decided fairly in April - based on the funds that Congress had given NASA to work with.

So . . it's still SpaceX.

Artemis is the name of the mission to land people on the moon again, many years after the last time. There will be more bumps in the road and politics will play a huge part in the outcome. Count me in with the American people who hope it can still be done.


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