Blue Origin v. United States & Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
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| Blue Origin v. United States & Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | |
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| Court | United States Court of Federal Claims |
| Full case name | Blue Origin LLC v. United States of America & Space Exploration Technologies Corporation |
| Decided | 4 November 2021 |
| Case opinions | |
| Complaint from Blue Origin is dismissed, NASA is allowed to award SpaceX for developing Starship HLS | |
On 13 August 2021, Blue Origin filed a complaint to the United States Court of Federal Claims about NASA's award of 2.9 billion United States dollars to SpaceX. The award was used by the company to further develop Starship HLS, a lunar lander that NASA selected for the Artemis program. On 4 November 2021, the Court of Federal Claims dismissed the complaint, and the accompanying memorandum opinion was titled Blue Origin v. United States & Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Prior actions from Blue Origin and the complaint has received extensive attention from the news media and spaceflight industry.
Background[]
In December 2018, NASA announced it was seeking lunar lander proposals under the Artemis program, which is released under Appendix E of its NeXTSTEP-2 program.[1]
Government Accountability Office[]
On 26 April 2021, both Blue Origin and Dynetics filed formal protests to the Government Accountability Office.[2]
Court of Federal Claims[]
On 13 August 2021, Blue Origin filed a complaint to the Court of Federal Claims against NASA on behalf of SpaceX.[3]
Prominence[]
According to Eric Berger from Ars Technica, most of the space industry and Blue Origin employees reacted negatively to the company's complaint and related actions.[4]
References[]
- ^ Shanessa Jackson (December 12, 2018). "NASA Seeks US Partners to Develop Reusable Systems to Land Astronauts on Moon". NASA. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- ^ "Blue Origin protests NASA Human Landing System award". SpaceNews. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sues NASA, escalating its fight for a Moon lander contract". The Verge. 16 August 2021. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
protest prevented SpaceX from starting its contract for 95 days while the GAO adjudicated the case.
- ^ Berger, Eric (16 August 2021). "Here's why Blue Origin thinks it is justified in continuing to protest NASA". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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