NASA’s work with SpaceX on the HLS contract was halted during the lawsuit but is scheduled to resume Monday. The court’s opinion is currently sealed, as the case contains information proprietary to the companies, but the parties were ordered by Hertling to deliver proposed redactions by Nov. Hertling’s ruling dismissed Blue Origin’s claims. The facade of Blue Origins new rocket engine factory in Huntsville, Alabama. Bezos is also the founder of e-commerce giant Amazon.Ī redacted version of Blue Origin’s lawsuit revealed the company’s complaint focused on proving that NASA wrongly awarded the contract to only SpaceX and “disregarded key flight safety requirements” in the process. The U.S Federal Court of Claims released a redacted version of the lawsuit filed in August by Jeff Bezos Blue Origin against NASA over a lunar lander contract awarded to Elon Musks SpaceX. Government Accountability Office, but the GAO in late July denied the company’s appeal – leading Bezos’ space company to escalate its legal action. SpaceX was competing with Blue Origin and Dynetics for what was expected to be two contracts, before NASA only awarded a single contract due to a lower-than-expected allocation for the program from Congress.īlue Origin quickly protested the decision with the U.S. Worth $2.9 billion, the SpaceX contract will see the company use its Starship rocket to deliver astronauts to the moon’s surface for NASA’s upcoming Artemis missions. NASA in April awarded SpaceX with the sole contract for the agency’s Human Landing System program under a competitive process. government over a 2.
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“There will be forthcoming opportunities for companies to partner with NASA in establishing a long-term human presence at the Moon under the agency’s Artemis program,” the agency added.Ī Blue Origin spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC that the company’s lawsuit “highlighted the important safety issues with the Human Landing System procurement process that must still be addressed.” Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin on Thursday lost a lawsuit against the U.S. NASA said in a statement that work with SpaceX will resume “as soon as possible” now that the ruling has been issued.
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Court of Federal Claims ruled against Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin on Thursday in the company’s lawsuit versus NASA over a lucrative astronaut lunar lander contract awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX earlier this year.įederal Judge Richard Hertling sided with the defense in his ruling, completing a monthslong battle after Blue Origin sued NASA in August.