Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos submitted a public letter to NASA on Monday. He offered to cut billions of dollars in the costs he has estimated. He wants NASA to give his space tourism company a chance to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX on the Human Landing System.
The first Moon Human Landing System (HLS) contract was awarded to SpaceX. And Bezos and his lobbyists have been pushing in DC to get a second NASA contract.
“NASA must now quickly and assuredly return to the Moon,” the former Amazon CEO wrote to NASA chief Bill Nelson.
“We are convinced that to advance America’s future in space, NASA must now quickly and assuredly return to the Moon,” Bezos says in his open letter. “All NASA needs to do is take advantage of this offer.”
“This is why Blue Origin answered NASA’s urgent call to develop a Human Landing System. We built the National Team – with four major partners and more than 200 small and medium suppliers in 47 states – to focus on designing, building, and operating a flight system the nation could count on.”
