Blue Origin Posts Salty Infographic About SpaceX

Jeff Bezos must be fuming.Blue Origin, his space company, initially challenged NASA's April decision to award SpaceX the Human Landing System contract. This multi-billion deal to build a lander capable to bring the first astronauts to Mars since Apollo missions.NASA instructed SpaceX in May to stop all work on the contract. This was after protests by Blue Origin and Alabama-based contractor Dynetics. The temporary suspension effectively put the $2.9 billion contract on ice.The GAO denied the Jeff Bezos-led company's protest, effectively giving the contract back to SpaceX and SpaceX.AdvertisementAdvertisementBlue Origin tried to win lawmakers' support even before the GAOs decision. They argued that competition is good and that SpaceX is not the best company to land astronauts to the Moon.The company has published an infographic that argues that SpaceX's Lunar Starship variant of the SpaceX rocket is extremely complex and high-risk, while its Blue Moon Lander is safe, low risk, and fast as first discovered by NASASpaceFlights Adrian Beil.The infographic explains that Starships can land on the Moon using a remarkable number of new technologies, developments and operations.The company claims that Starship must fly Starship at least 10 times per flawless flight to ensure enough fuel for a single spacecraft capable of sending astronauts to the Moon.AdvertisementAdvertisementThis is due in large part to the necessity of one Starship refueling another in Earth's orbit. Orbital refuelling was always planned. SpaceX was awarded a contract worth $53 million by NASA in October for an orbital Starship fueling test.It is not clear how Blue Origin came to the conclusion that the Starship must be refueled at least eight more times in orbit before it can travel to Moon. SpaceX has not yet revealed exact numbers on the number of refuelling maneuvers that a lunar Starship must make to reach the lunar surface. Futurism reached out to SpaceX in an effort to get their feedback.This news comes after Bezos sent an open letter to NASA administrator Bill Nelson in which he begged him to give his company a chance and offered him $2 billion to reconsider his decision on the contract.Blue Origin is not ready to accept defeat, and its continued attempts to undermine the competition isn't particularly encouraging.AdvertisementAdvertisementEric Berger, Ars Technica's senior space editor, wrote this tweet in reference to the latest infographic. Blue Origin employees are bright, kind, and hard-working individuals who have joined the company to believe in its mission. They are also respectful of SpaceX's work and may find it embarrassing.SpaceX has been making significant progress in its preparations for the first orbital test launch attempt. Elon Musk's SpaceX launched the Super Heavy booster, which is a massive rocket stage that will carry Starship into orbit.Blue Origins Blue Moon lunar landing vehicle, however, is not yet available beyond a mock-up model that was sent to NASA in August for testing. A static fire test was also conducted in December to see if the BE-7 rocket engine that will power Blue Moon passed its tests.It is becoming more difficult to understand the repeated complaints of Bezos-led companies. NASA was left with very little money to pay for the development of the lunar lander. NASA was left with very little money and decided to award the contract the SpaceX.AdvertisementAdvertisementBezos is one of the most wealthy men in the world and is determined to take taxpayer money to pay for his lunar lander. SpaceX is now clearly too expensive.READ MORE: Bezos Blue Origin describes the Musks Starship as extremely complex and high-risk for NASA moon missions