Elon Musk s SpaceX wins NASA contract to send humans to the Moon
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk attends a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center
NASA has chosen Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a lander that will send humans to the Moon in the next decade.
On Friday the space agency announced Musk had fought off rival tech billionaire Jeff Bezos’ to land the $2.89bn contract.
The lander is based on SpaceX’s Starship craft, which is being tested at a site in southern Texas.
Musk has been working on the Starship design for years and is a critical component of his long-term plans for settling humans on Mars.
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