Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin has sued the US government over Nasa’s decision to award a $2.9bn lunar lander contract to Elon Musk’s SpaceX. After that flight, Blue Origin offered Nasa $2bn if it would change its mind on the lunar lander contract. It did not, and the Blue Origin lawsuit was filed in the US court of federal claims on Friday. Blue Origin said earlier it remained convinced that there were “fundamental issues” with Nasa’s decision, and that GAO was not able to address them “due to their limited jurisdiction”. Blue Origin said it will continue to advocate for two immediate providers as it believes that to be the right solution.

Source: The Guardian August 16, 2021 16:30 UTC