The Office justified the decision, inter alia, on financial aspects. The monthly mission wants to do business regularly, Reuters quoted him as saying.
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The first daily, The Washington Post, reported that SpaceX had won a $ 2.9 billion ($ 62.8 billion) contract with NASA. SpaceX beat Jeff Bezos ‘rival Blue Origin and Leidos’ subsidiary Dynetics.
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“This is the next step in an exciting set of steps that will lead us to a sustainable system for landing people on the moon,” said Kathy Luders, NASA’s head of space travel.
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Last year, NASA awarded all three companies $ 967 million and ten-month contracts to begin work on samples of the lunar module under the Human Landing Systems, or HLS program. SpaceX received the lowest amount – only $ 135 million. According to CNBC, NASA was expected to select two of these three teams. The fact that the choice fell only on SpaceX is a surprise, writes CNBC, because it used to be important for the agency to keep the program competitive.
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