The US space agency must respond to the complaint by October 12
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company is suing the US government over the decision of NASA to entrust the construction of a spacecraft for a mission to the moon to Elon Musk’s SpaceX company for $ 2.9 billion, Reuters reported.
The lawsuit was filed by Blue Origin in federal court on Friday and challenged “illegal and incorrect bid evaluation” by NASA.
The US space agency must respond to the complaint by October 12.
In April, NASA awarded Elon Musk a $ 2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to return astronauts to the moon in 2024 at the earliest, rejecting offers from Blue Origin and the area’s subcontractor. of Defense Dainetics.
NASA and SpaceX have not commented on the news of the lawsuit.
In July, it became known that Bezos had offered to cover NASA’s two billion costs if his company received a contract to build a spacecraft for the lunar program.
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