Blue Origin Gets Potential Lifeline in NASA Lunar Lander Competition
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin was dealt a blow last month when NASA selected rival SpaceX for a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract. But if one U.S. senator has her way, the Amazon founder's space company could get another shot at the award.
Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington, has introduced legislation to authorize an additional $10 billion to NASA's Artemis moon landing program. The funding, which would run through fiscal year 2026, also calls for NASA to pick a second lunar lander candidate.
NASA would seemingly be open to such an arrangement. The agency had originally intended to pick two winners to ensure redundancy, but said it instead went solely with Elon Musk's SpaceX due to budgetary concerns.
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