judge releases against contract lunar lander

Musk reacted in his signature style - with a bit of snark. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) Just over a week after it lost out on a high-profile and lucrative contract to. 13, the company filed a complaint against. 'Blue Origin remains deeply committed to the success of the Artemis program, and we have a broad base of activity on multiple contracts with NASA to achieve the United States' goal to return to the Moon to stay,' the company said. Jeff Bezos introduces Blue Origins Blue Moon lander in D.C. It appears Blue Origin is not backing down from its stance that NASA wrongly awarded its 2.89 billion Human Landing System contract to SpaceX.

The justification for the ruling was not immediately made public, and remained under seal.īlue Origin said in a statement that its complaint had 'highlighted the important safety issues with the Human Landing System procurement process that must still be addressed.' Judge Richard Hertling ruled in NASA's favor on Thursday. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA agreed on Thursday to temporarily halt work on a 2.9 billion lunar lander contract awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX after rival billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos’s.

The GAO rejected the company's claims, and Blue Origin took the matter to the Court of Federal Claims. 'YOU HAVE BEEN JUDGED!' he posted on Twitter, using a meme of the comic book and film character Judge Dredd.In April, NASA announced it had awarded the contract to Musk's company - a deal worth $2.9 billion.īut Blue Origin filed a complaint about the decision to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), saying the bidding process had been unfair and that NASA should have offered more than one contract. Musk reacted in his signature style-with a bit of snark. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10. 'Blue Origin remains deeply committed to the success of the Artemis program, and we have a broad base of activity on multiple contracts with NASA to achieve the United States' goal to return to the Moon to stay,' the company said. Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight venture Blue Origin has lost out on its lawsuit against NASA over a contract to build the space agency’s next human lunar lander. A federal judge rejected the argument by Jeff Bezos’ rocket company that NASA unfairly awarded a lunar lander contract to Elon Musk’s firm. The justification for the ruling was not immediately made public, and remained under seal.īlue Origin said in a statement that its complaint had 'highlighted the important safety issues with the Human Landing System procurement process that must still be addressed.' Court of Federal Claims ruled against Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin in the company’s lawsuit versus NASA over a lucrative astronaut lunar lander contract awarded to. A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the space company founded by Jeff Bezos over a NASA contract, a setback for Blue Origin’s effort to win work developing a moon lander. Judge Richard Hertling ruled in NASA's favor on Thursday. In April, NASA announced it had awarded the contract to Musk's company-a deal worth $2.9 billion.īut Blue Origin filed a complaint about the decision to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), saying the bidding process had been unfair and that NASA should have offered more than one contract.

'NASA will resume work with SpaceX under the Option A contract as soon as possible,' the agency said in a statement after the ruling. The National Team, a multi-company partnership spearheaded by Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, and Alabama-based defence contractor Dynetics are both crying foul about a contract awarded to Elon Musk’s. The ruling put an end to a months-long legal battle that had prevented the US space agency from working with SpaceX on the lunar lander called Starship, which will allow Americans to return to the Moon as part of the Artemis program.

Judge releases against contract lunar lander