Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Blue Origin will compete with SpaceX for a contract to build a lunar lander for NASA
SpaceX received serious competitors in the fight for the contract to build the lunar landing module.
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Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Draper, Astrobotic, Honeybee Robotics and Blue Origin filed a joint bid to develop the spacecraft. The module will be used to transport astronauts from the Orion spacecraft to the surface of the moon and back.
The National Team has submitted its proposal for NASA's SLD program to help the US establish a sustained lunar presence. The National Team partners are @BlueOrigin, @LockheedMartin, @DraperLab, @Boeing, @Astrobotic, and @Honeybee_Ltd. https://t.co/SodVFBnPju pic.twitter.com/N2y5g8smTu
- Blue Origin (@blueorigin) December 6, 2022
In 2021, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed a contract worth nearly $3 billion with SpaceX, which will develop a landing module for the Artemis I mission. Astronauts are scheduled to land on the moon in 2025.
Jeff Bezos's company was unhappy that the space agency has decided to limit itself to a single contract. Blue Origin even sued NASA, but the federal agency has no plans to change its decision. Bezos wrote a letter to Bill Nelson, the head of NASA, in which he said that the space agency has given the company of Elon Musk many years and many billions of dollars.
Source: @blueorigin
