August 2, 2021, 2 minutes readA new space explorer has offered to pay $2 billion for NASA's Human Landing System program.Last week, Amazon founder Alexa stated that his company will help to bridge the gap in HLS budget funding. He said this via an open letter addressed to Bill Nelson, HLS administrator.Elon Musks SpaceX was awarded a $2.89B contract by NASA to develop the first commercial lunar lander. Instead of investing in two rival lunar landers, as originally planned, the Agency decided to grant SpaceX a multi-year, multibillion-dollar headstart. This decision ended meaningful competition for many years and broke the mold of NASA's commercial space programs.Related: According to the FAA, Jeff Bezos isn't actually an astronautHe encouraged the agency's consideration of the benefits of both billionaire companies competing, noting that this would stop either company from having an insurmountable advantage over NASA.According to the letter, the goal is to return Americans to the moons surface.Bezos insists that he is not competing with Richard Branson after he launched on a Blue Origin rocket into space last month.Bezos denied in a sit down with Gayle King, that he and Virgin Group founder were rivals.He said that it wasn't a competition and that he believes there will be many more companies who enter the space race. Both Bransons Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin have plans to launch ticket-holders into orbit in the future. Bezos does not believe they will be the only ones catering to wealthy passengers' interest in a space flight.Musk's and his interest in the moon proves that there will be many companies interested in space travel.Related: Jeff Bezos makes history in successful space flight
