After a Mary of $ 2 billion, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has submitted a complaint with the United States Federal Claims Court on NASA’s management of the human landing system program. The challenge of the Tribunal reaches less than a month after the US Government’s responsibility office. UU The agency was with an offer of $ 2.9 billion of Elon Musk’s Spacex, opting for not financing a proposal of $ 5.9 thousand Millions of blue origin.
NASA’s original intention was to sign two separate contracts, but limited funding from Congress made it difficult to do so. The blue origin argued that the decision was “fundamentally unfair” because NASA allowed Spacex to modify its offer, something that the company says it also had the opportunity to do so. However, the GAO concluded the “evaluation of the three proposals of NASA, was reasonable and consistent with the applicable procurement law, regulation and the terms of the announcement”.
At that time, the blue origin insinuated that it would scale the situation. “We remain firm in our belief that there were fundamental problems with NASA’s decision, but the GAO could not address them due to its limited jurisdiction,” said the company following the announcement.
“The Blue Origin presented a lawsuit in the US Tribunal of Federal Claims in an attempt to remedy the faults in the process of acquisition found in NASA’s human landing system,” said a spokeswoman of blue origin Engadget. “We firmly believe that the issues identified in this acquisition and its results must be addressed to restore equity, create competition and guarantee a safe return to the moon for America”.
What this means for the program of the human landing system and the artemis project in a wider manner is probably another delay. Following the Gao Protest of Blue Origin, NASA ordered Spacex to stop work in the LUNER Place Contract, while the Guardian dog investigated the matter. While this last complaint is sealed, a source said that Blue Blue origin asked a judge to order a temporary pause in the Spacex contract, while the case is resolved in court. NASA and Spacex lost about three months hoping that Gao investigates the protest of blue origin. If a judge approves the company’s request, this last pause could be even longer. Ultimately, any other delay will make the NASA goal of returning to the moon from 2024.
