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Bezos kann sich einfach nicht damit abfinden, dass Konkurrent Musk den Moon Lander bauen soll.
Jetzt bietet er der NASA sogar einen $2 Mrd. Preisnachlass an:
Bezos offers NASA a $2 billion discount for Blue Origin Moon lander
The human landing system (HLS) contract, worth $2.9 billion, was awarded to rival SpaceX in April, but Blue Origin and a third company Dynetics filed protests that are currently awaiting adjudication by the US Government Accountability Office.
In his letter to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Bezos said the offer would "bridge the funding shortfall" that led to the space agency picking just one contractor, instead of two which would then compete with each other.
Since losing the award, Blue Origin has been frantically lobbying to have the decision reversed, leading the Senate to pass a bill agreeing to add $10 billion to the human lander system.
But the legislation is still being debated in the House, and has been branded a "Bezos Bailout" by critics.
space.com
Bezos kann sich einfach nicht damit abfinden, dass Konkurrent Musk den Moon Lander bauen soll.
Jetzt bietet er der NASA sogar einen $2 Mrd. Preisnachlass an:
Bezos offers NASA a $2 billion discount for Blue Origin Moon lander
The human landing system (HLS) contract, worth $2.9 billion, was awarded to rival SpaceX in April, but Blue Origin and a third company Dynetics filed protests that are currently awaiting adjudication by the US Government Accountability Office.
In his letter to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Bezos said the offer would "bridge the funding shortfall" that led to the space agency picking just one contractor, instead of two which would then compete with each other.
Since losing the award, Blue Origin has been frantically lobbying to have the decision reversed, leading the Senate to pass a bill agreeing to add $10 billion to the human lander system.
But the legislation is still being debated in the House, and has been branded a "Bezos Bailout" by critics.
space.com