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Earlier this month Jeff Bezos flew about 66 miles up on his Blue Origin New Shepard launch vehicle. Today, Bezos is making a play for the next step in Blue Origin’s development. He’s asking NASA to reconsider it’s decision to award Space X the sole contract to bring astronauts back to the moon. Space X won that contract in April:
NASA announced on Friday that it had awarded a contract to SpaceX for $2.9 billion to use Starship to take astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface of the moon.
The contract extends NASA’s trend of relying on private companies to ferry people, cargo and robotic explorers to space. But it also represents something of a triumph for Mr. Musk in the battle of space billionaires. One of the competitors for the NASA lunar contract was Blue Origin, created by Jeff Bezos of Amazon…
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)
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.
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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.
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