https://wccftech.com/blue-origin-loses-protest-against-spacexs-2-9-billion-nasa-moon-lander-win/ > 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 lost its bid to overturn a contract award by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX). NASA had awarded the contract for the agency's Human Landing System (HLS) to SpaceX in April, and soon after the decision, Blue Origin had submitted a complaint to the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), complaining that the award process had been unfair. In a press release today, GAO's managing associate general counsel for Procurement Mr. Kenneth Patton dismissed Blue's complaint, stating that the award was consistent with the policies set out by NASA at the time of contract solicitation.