Jeff Bezos lost his lawsuit against NASA, and Elon Musk didn't miss a chance to kick his opponent
SpaceX and Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk publicly mocked Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos after he lost a lawsuit against NASA. Musk posted a meme showing a character from the sci-fi movie "Judge Dredd" with the catchphrase "You have been judged".
Recall that a few hours earlier, the U.S. federal court ruledthat the lawsuit was dismissed in the last instance and ruled in favor of NASA. Afterwards, Jeff Bezos stated on his Twitter page that his space company Blue Origin will respect this decision of the US federal court, despite the fact that it does not correspond to the wishes and ideas of his company.
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2021
Recall also that Blue Origin originally wanted $5.99 billion to fulfill this contract. This was almost twice as much as SpaceX wanted. NASA awarded the contract to space company Ilon Musk after a competitive bidding process. But according to Bezos, the U.S. space agency did not give the opportunity to adjust the original terms and lower the price.
Later he offered a $2 billion discount only to have this contract renegotiated. NASA refused to deal with such things and awarded the contract to SpaceX, after which Bezos sued all parties to the deal.
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