![]() SpaceX was awarded a NASA contract in 2021 worth around $3 billion and puts Elon Musk in the lead of the billionaire's race to put a man on the moon. NASA said the missions will 'explore more of the lunar surface than ever before' and that putting humans back on the moon will help conduct research to eventually launch similar missions on Mars.Īnnouncing Blue Origin's contract on Friday, NASA's chief administrator Bill Nelson was positive about the race and said the agency 'wants more competition'. Bezos and Blue Origin had tried in vain to win that contract - then launched a failed lawsuit to overturn the decision.īezos and Blue Origin not only filed a complaint protesting Musk's victory, rejected by the Government Accountability Office, but then sued in federal court and lost again. Musk's SpaceX won $3 billion in 2021 to put humans back on the moon for the first time since 1972. His post teased a permanent human station on the Moon - and suggests his mission is more ambitious than Musk's. 'We are going to the Moon!' Bezos said in an Instagram post, alongside a mock-up of Blue Origin's proposed lunar lander, 'this time to stay.' Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has been awarded a $3.4 billion NASA contract - heating up the space race with Elon Musk, whose company SpaceX also has a contract Josh Kerr's BBC Sports Personality of the Year 'snub' is defended by company's director of sport, Barbara Slater, who insists 'we are going to have worthy people who just fall short'.Sainsbury's shopper slammed for being selfish after bragging they bought NINE legs of lamb for £36.Drug which fights hot flushes without HRT is approved for use in the UK. ![]()
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