Blue Origins' lawsuit against NASA was dismissed by a federal judge for NASA's decision to award SpaceX instead of Blue Origin the coveted Human Landing Systems contract.
This is a significant blow to Blue Origins relentless legal actions against NASAs choice to select its competitor and a huge win for SpaceX. SpaceX could be back in business within three years thanks to Elon Musk's leadership.
Elon Musk style, the billionaire CEO posted a screenshot from Judge Dredd 1995 on Twitter with the words "You have been judged" overlaid.
Here's the story so far: NASA has contracted SpaceX to build a lunar lander to support its upcoming crewed trips, which are tentatively set to begin in 2024.
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Blue Origin was furious at NASA's April decision to select SpaceX as the winner of the HLS contract. Blue Origin filed a lawsuit against NASA in August. This was a major setback for SpaceX's plans to develop a lunar version of its Starship spacecraft. NASA had to stop all work and terminate the $2.9 billion contract.
According to Joey Roulette, a statement obtained from the New York Times space reporter Joey Roulette, Richard Hertling has denied Blue Origins' motion to dismiss in the US Federal Court of Claims.
Judge has ordered Blue Origin and NASA to meet to discuss the future.
It was not unexpected.
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It's not surprising that Casey Dreier, a space policy expert, tweeted his response.
In light of this decision, Musk is likely to be enjoying a happy day. Musk has made open mockery of Bezos' litigation efforts on numerous occasions.
Musk tweeted that Besos [sic] had retired to pursue a full time job in SpaceX litigations. This was in response to news that Bezos was spending less at Amazon and focusing more on Blue Origins' day-to-day operations.
Musk suggested that SpaceX should "zap" [Bezos] with its space lasers in September.
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Musk suggested that Musk should spend some money on hardware for lunar landers instead of lobbyists.
Are Blue Origins' efforts to challenge NASAs decision overturned? We can only wait and watch.
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