{"id":309011,"date":"2021-07-26T22:19:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T19:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jeff-bezos-offers-2b-in-incentives-for-nasa-lunar-lander-contract\/"},"modified":"2021-07-26T22:19:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T19:19:39","slug":"jeff-bezos-offers-2b-in-incentives-for-nasa-lunar-lander-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jeff-bezos-offers-2b-in-incentives-for-nasa-lunar-lander-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jeff Bezos offers $2B in incentives for NASA lunar lander contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Jeff Bezos offers $2B in incentives for NASA lunar lander contract<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos on Monday said his company will cover billions in costs if NASA will award it a contract to build a system to land astronauts on the moon.<\/p>\n

In a letter dated Monday to NASA administrator Bill Nelson, Bezos said Blue Origin would waive up to $2 billion in payments in the first couple years of the contract. <\/p>\n

He also said the company would pay for a demonstration mission to low-Earth orbit if the agency were to award the company a fixed-price Human Landing System contract \u2014 like the one SpaceX was awarded in April<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe stand ready to help NASA moderate its technical risks and solve its budgetary constraints and put the Artemis Program back on a more competitive, credible, and sustainable path,\u201d Bezos wrote in the letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis offer is not a deferral, but is an outright and permanent waiver of those payments. This offer provides time for government app<\/a>ropriation actions to catch up,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Bezos said Blue Origin will cover billions in costs if NASA will award it a contract to build a system to land astronauts on the moon.<\/figcaption>
Blue Origin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The letter is Blue Origin\u2019s latest bid to get NASA to award two Human Lander System contracts, which the agency had originally suggested it would do. Blue Origin, SpaceX and Dynetics, a subsidiary of Leidos, had all bid on the contract. <\/p>\n

But in an April surprise, NASA awarded a single $2.89 billion contract to Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX tasking the company with building the next crewed lunar lander. <\/p>\n

Blue Origin quickly filed a formal complaint arguing that they were not given a chance to revise their price during the competition, unlike SpaceX. Bezos reiterated this point on Monday. <\/p>\n

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Blue Origin, SpaceX and Dynetics have all bid on the contract to build Human Lander Systems for NASA.<\/figcaption>
Blue Origin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThat was a mistake, it was unusual, and it was a missed opportunity,\u201d he said. \u201cNASA veered from its original dual-source acquisition strategy due to perceived near-term budgetary issues, and this offer removes that obstacle.\u201d<\/p>\n

NASA administrators have repeatedly said they didn\u2019t have the funding necessary to continue negotiating prices with Blue Origin or Dynetics. The agency has repeatedly lobbied Congress for more funding, though it\u2019s unclear if any more is coming. <\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of this single-source approach, NASA should embrace its original strategy of competition,\u201d Bezos added. <\/p>\n

\"Jeff
Jeff Bezos says he wants to help NASA \u201cmoderate its technical risks and solve its budgetary constraints.\u201d<\/figcaption>
AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWithout competition, a short time into the contract, NASA will find itself with limited options as it attempts to negotiate missed deadlines, design changes, and cost overruns.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Human Landing System is seen as a key part of NASA\u2019s plan to return American astronauts to the moon by 2024. About a year ago, the space agency awarded nearly $1 billion to fund research and development of prototypes by the three bidders for the final contract.<\/p>\n

Representatives for SpaceX did not immedia<\/a>tely return The Post\u2019s request for comment.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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