Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos, sues NASA in Federal Court. The billionaire can’t accept that the space agency awarded SpaceX a contract to build the Artemis Human Landing System. And now he’s trying to ground the NASA space program.
First Bezos complained to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Then he begged in a very public letter to NASA, offering to slash the project bid. Then Bezos sues NASA.
It is feared the former CEO of Amazon and a recent space tourist may be slowing down NASA’s progress on the mission. And the Human Landing System is a vital part of the Artemis mission. It will be used to land humans on the surface of the moon.
We haven’t had a crewed landing on the moon since the days of the Apollo missions. And Artemis is supposed to be another historic moon landing. The original timeline was to have the human lander touching down on the moon’s south pole in 2024.
Space Cowboy Bezos can’t accept SpaceX contract award
Blue Origin petitioned to have the complaint sealed. But there is a leaked version of his lawsuit. Blue Origin is claiming NASA’s evaluation of the bids and proposals for the Human Landing System was “unlawful and improper.”
