The U.S. Federal Court of Claims has ruled against Jeff Bezos ' Blue Origin in the companylawsuit against NASA , which has bestow to delaying the agency ’s programme to go back to the Moon . The cause was the last of the many moves by the amazon Billionaire ’s company to get a moneymaking lunar lander contract .
NASA was originally looking for two company to provide landing vehicle to get down on the Moon . Three companies were monger vehicle and having necessitate into consideration everything , the space representation decided to grant the declaration solely to Elon Musk ’s SpaceX. The contract , which has a $ 2.89 billion monetary value shred , is over three billion dollars punk than what Blue Origin had proposed .
Bezos ' filed complaints to the Government Accountability Office andhaving lostthe subspecies they decided to take NASA to court . This go to the work on the lander being halted until the matter was conclude . A memorandum of persuasion from the court is expected to be released on November 18 , after redaction .
The determination to admit commercial partners in NASA ’s return to the Moon had three idealistic goals : lower monetary value in the recollective term , faster turn - around of technology , and increase in sustainability in yield . This no-good saga , as it has been called on-line , has insteadcaused delaysand wasted money .
" NASA was notified Thursday that the U.S. Court of Federal Claims denied Blue Origin ’s play objection , upholding NASA’sselectionof SpaceX to develop and demonstrate a modern human lunar lander . NASA will restart workplace with SpaceX under the Option A contract bridge as soon as possible , " the agency said in apress statement . " In addition to this declaration , NASA continues go with multiple American companies to bolster up rivalry and commercial readiness for crew transportation to the lunar surface . "
Losing on this contract bridge is among the many troubles Blue Origin is currently facing . Jeff Bezos ’ company has beenaccused of sexismin the workplace by current and former employee who have also expressed base hit concerns about the rockets .
