Blue Origin Uses Boeing’s Setback To Attack NASA & SpaceX For $3 Billion Award

Blue Origin Uses Boeing’s Setback To Attack NASA & SpaceX For $3 Billion Award

3 years ago
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https://wccftech.com/blue-origin-uses-boeings-failure-to-attack-nasa-spacex-for-3-billion-award/

A render of the National Team's Integrated Landing Vehicle (ILV) in lunar orbit. The transfer, descent and ascent elements are visible from left to right. Image: Blue Origin

Kent, Washington-based aerospace launch services provider Blue Origin has targeted the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) decision to award Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) a $2.9 billion contract for landing humans on the lunar surface.  NASA chose SpaceX as the sole provider for the agency's Human Landing System (HLS) in April, after which Blue ORigin and Dynetics, who had also bid for the HLS contract, protested before the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), arguing that the award process had violated NASA's own guidelines. In a ruling last week, the GAO dismissed the complaint, and Blue's latest criticism follows the decision, requesting Congress to ensure that an additional provider is included in the HLS program.