On May 19, 2023, NASA announced that it had selected Blue Moon as the second astronaut. In 2021, NASA awarded SpaceX a 2.9 billion contract as the sole commercial partner to ferry Artemis astronauts to the lunar surface in its Starship vehicle. The contract was seen by Bezos and other executives as vital to Blue Origin establishing itself as a desired partner for NASA, and also putting the venture on the road to turning a profit. Comments (0) This still from an animation shows Blue Origins Blue Moon lander on the lunar surface. NASA's decision was a setback for Bezos, a lifelong space enthusiast who is now more focused on his space venture after having announced in February he would step down as Amazon CEO. NASA said in a news release that SpaceX's HLS Starship, designed to land on the moon, "leans on the company's tested Raptor engines and flight heritage of the Falcon and Dragon vehicles." Musk has become a one-person technology conglomerate, launching or controlling companies pursuing space flight, electric cars, neural implants and subterranean tunnel boring.Ī factor in the choice of SpaceX was "what's the best value to the government," said Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. Blue Origin and Dynetics are still steaming over NASA’s decision to award only one contract to SpaceX to build a Human Landing System for the Artemis program. (TSLA.O) into the world's most-valuable automaker, with a market capitalization of $702 billion. The announcement added to an extraordinary run for Musk, who has turned electric car maker Tesla Inc. SpaceX and teams led by Dynetics and Blue Origin won NASA contracts Thursday totaling nearly 1 billion to develop lunar landers that could carry astronauts back to the moon as early as 2024.
"We have to be able to provide for recurring lunar services," said Mark Kirasich, deputy associate administrator for NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems division. Key Points Jeff Bezos’ space company remains on the offensive in criticizing NASA’s decision to award Elon Musk’s SpaceX with the only astronaut lunar lander contract. The agency aims to create regular service to the moon and said it will have a separate competition for that contract.
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