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Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contract NASA gave to SpaceX

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Photo: Jeff Bezos holds aviation glasses that belonged to Amelia Earhart at a press conference about his flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard on July 20, 2021, in Van Horn, Texas. Photo credit: Getty Images | Joe Raedle. Article by Jon Brodkin. Ars Technica – July 30, 2021.

Bezos’ Blue Origin protested SpaceX deal, but GAO said NASA didn’t break any laws.

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) today rejected Blue Origin’s attempt to block the lunar-landing contract that NASA awarded to SpaceX. The GAO also rejected a similar protest filed by Dynetics.

NASA in April 2020 selected SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics to design and build human landing systems. But in April 2021, NASA decided to go only with SpaceX and its Starship vehicle for the Artemis program, which is NASA’s plan to return humans to the Moon by 2024. […]

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