https://wccftech.com/musk-rejects-blue-origins-claim-of-16-spacex-launches-for-moon-lander/ > SpaceX workers join the Starship spacecraft to the Super Heavy booster in Boca Chica, Texas. A variant of the upper stage rocket will land NASA astronauts on the lunar surface. Image: Elon Musk/Twitter > Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s (SpaceX) chief executive officer Mr. Elon Musk has countered claims made by Blue Origin Federation that his company's Starship lander for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Artemis program will require sixteen refueling missions before it proceeds on its journey to the Moon. Mr. Musk's comments came in response to Blue Origin's statement made after the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a detailed rationale for its decision to reject Blue Origin and another competitor's protests for NASA's $2.9 billion award made to SpaceX for the mission.