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SpaceX Asked by NASA to Halt Lunar Lander Work Pending Contract Challenges
NASA awarded SpaceX the lunar contract over Jeff Bezos Blue Origin and defence contractor Dynetics. By Reuters | Updated: 1 May 2021 11:24 IST
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Blue Origin on Monday filed a protest with the US government
SpaceX rival Dynetics has also challenged the Nasa contract award
US space agency NASA has told Elon Musk s SpaceX to halt work under a contract it won to develop a lunar spacecraft, pending the outcome of challenges by rival bidders at the US Government Accountability Office, the agency said on Friday.
NASA s decision means SpaceX has to stop any work specifically related to the Moon programme contract until the GAO makes a ruling, expected August 4 at the latest.
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, two of the richest men in the world, both with dreams of leading humanity out into the solar system, are fighting over the moon. On Monday, Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Mr. Bezos, who will step down as Amazon’s chief executive later this year, filed a 50-page protest with the federal Government Accountability Office, challenging a $2.9 billion contract to SpaceX from NASA to build a lander for American astronauts to return to the moon. NASA announced this month that Mr. Musk’s SpaceX was the sole winner in the competition, beating Blue Origin and a third company, Dynetics of Huntsville, Ala., a defense contractor.