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 Musk's SpaceX. 8 Getty Images Judge rules against Bezos's Blue Origin in suit over contract for lunar lander A federal judge ruled against Blue Origin, the space expedition company owned by Amazon. A federal judge ruled against Blue Origin, the space expedition company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, in a case seeking to overturn NASA’s lunar lander contract with rival company SpaceX. In February, Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX and a four-time Wash100 awardee, said Starlink was “never intended to be weaponized” and that the company moved to initiate steps to limit Ukraine’s use of the satellite internet network for military purposes. Judge releases redacted lunar lander lawsuit from Bezos' Blue Origin against NASA-SpaceX contract. “However, for operational security reasons and due to the critical nature of these systems, we do not have additional information regarding specific capabilities, contracts, or partners to provide at this time,” the Pentagon said. The department declined to divulge information on the value of the contract. “Satellite communications constitute a vital layer in Ukraine’s overall communications network and the department contracts with Starlink for services of this type.” “ We continue to work with a range of global partners to ensure Ukraine has the resilient satellite and communication capabilities they need,” DOD said in a statement Thursday. They set the record straight that the team they are very much members of “team space” and “get amped about Starship getting stacked” like everyone else.The Pentagon will likely acquire the satcom terminals through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. Saying many are “disgusted and embarrassed” for their company to treat their friends that way. In an open letter on the Blue Origin Reddit page, an employee expressed his concerns about their company’s infographics and PR tactics. Blue Origin employees in awe over ‘scorched earth’ tactics This could possibly further delay NASA’s 2024 crewed lunar landing mission. This means NASA may have to, once again, stop work with SpaceX on their HLS contract. SpaceX’s 3 billion contract to build a lunar lander for NASA was put on hold for a second time on Thursday after Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sued over the award, according to court filings. This all could come to a halt as, according to a NASA spokesperson, a stay has been sent to NASA by the judge overseeing Blue Origin’s lawsuit. Since the protest was denied, NASA has been able to work with SpaceX and begin sending the company part of the $2.9 Billion contract award. How will the lawsuit affect HLS progressĭuring the protest with the GAO, SpaceX and NASA were not allowed to work together on the development of Starship and its lunar landing variant. The only difference is in SpaceX’s cases, they were not even allowed to bid for the contracts. This is not new as SpaceX has done this in the past too, suing both NASA and the US Air Force after they believed was a bad selection process. Now Blue Origin plans to sue NASA over the contract, still stating that this is to fix NASA’s improper selection process. The decision clearly states that there is no evidence to support their claims of unfair treatment or improper selection processes. After GAO decision, Blue Origin plans to sueĮarlier this month the GAO released a document making clear why they denied the protest by Blue Origin and Dynetics. Since then Blue Origin has been on a PR campaign to throw mud at the winner, SpaceX, and has started a lawsuit against NASA. Court of Federal Claims rejected a lawsuit brought by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin against NASA over its lunar lander contract with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. A few weeks back the US Government Accountability Office denied Blue Origin and Dynetic’s protest of NASA’s Human Landing System contract.
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