السبت، 31 يوليو 2021

Government regulators dismissed Jeff Bezos's protest against NASA's only signing of a moon landing contract with SpaceX

 


Jeff Bezos has just successfully challenged SpaceX to a huge victory. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Friday rejected Bezos’s "Blue Origin" protest against NASA’s decision to award the moon landing contract. SpaceX solo. “GAO first came to the conclusion that when NASA chose to award only one award, NASA did not violate any laws or public procurement laws,” the office said in a statement that Elon Musk’s aerospace company was chosen by SpaceX to win the contract. It was 2.9 billion US dollars in April. The contract is part of NASA’s goal to return astronauts to the moon through the agency’s Artemis program as early as 2024. NASA’s decision is shocking because the agency is expected to choose two of the three companies. ,more than one.


Shortly thereafter, Blue Origin and Dynetics protested the decision. Blue Origin stated that NASA should sign contracts with multiple companies based on their stated initial preferences. When NASA announced its choice of SpaceX, it said that due to restrictions, it chose only one company. According to Blue Origin, NASA has never negotiated with the company on the price of its manned landing system, and NASA said the agency will spend $6. Billions of dollars, roughly twice the price of SpaceX. However, NASA allowed SpaceX to negotiate. GAO said in a statement: "This announcement reserves the right to award multiple awards, one award, or no awards." Sufficient funds are available for awarding contracts. g can be used in this program.

The office added: “The evaluation of the three proposals is appropriate and consistent with applicable public procurement laws and the terms of the announcement. A Blue Origin spokesperson told Insider, “We believe the company will continue to pursue these two direct supplies. Business interests. ... "We firmly believe that there is a fundamental problem in solving NASA, but GAO cannot solve it due to its limited jurisdiction," the spokesperson said. "The human landing system plan must start to compete now, not later. This is the best solution for NASA and the best solution for our country. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk simply typed in on Twitter." GAO" and added curly biceps in response to GAO's decision. If NASA gives Blue Origin the opportunity to fulfill the moon landing contract, Emoji will bear up to 2 billion US dollars in costs.

 


Jeff Bezos has just successfully challenged SpaceX to a huge victory. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Friday rejected Bezos’s "Blue Origin" protest against NASA’s decision to award the moon landing contract. SpaceX solo. “GAO first came to the conclusion that when NASA chose to award only one award, NASA did not violate any laws or public procurement laws,” the office said in a statement that Elon Musk’s aerospace company was chosen by SpaceX to win the contract. It was 2.9 billion US dollars in April. The contract is part of NASA’s goal to return astronauts to the moon through the agency’s Artemis program as early as 2024. NASA’s decision is shocking because the agency is expected to choose two of the three companies. ,more than one.


Shortly thereafter, Blue Origin and Dynetics protested the decision. Blue Origin stated that NASA should sign contracts with multiple companies based on their stated initial preferences. When NASA announced its choice of SpaceX, it said that due to restrictions, it chose only one company. According to Blue Origin, NASA has never negotiated with the company on the price of its manned landing system, and NASA said the agency will spend $6. Billions of dollars, roughly twice the price of SpaceX. However, NASA allowed SpaceX to negotiate. GAO said in a statement: "This announcement reserves the right to award multiple awards, one award, or no awards." Sufficient funds are available for awarding contracts. g can be used in this program.

The office added: “The evaluation of the three proposals is appropriate and consistent with applicable public procurement laws and the terms of the announcement. A Blue Origin spokesperson told Insider, “We believe the company will continue to pursue these two direct supplies. Business interests. ... "We firmly believe that there is a fundamental problem in solving NASA, but GAO cannot solve it due to its limited jurisdiction," the spokesperson said. "The human landing system plan must start to compete now, not later. This is the best solution for NASA and the best solution for our country. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk simply typed in on Twitter." GAO" and added curly biceps in response to GAO's decision. If NASA gives Blue Origin the opportunity to fulfill the moon landing contract, Emoji will bear up to 2 billion US dollars in costs.

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