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Blue Origin is part of the NASA Artemis program that has the primary goal of returning humans to the moon.
by jasoncartwright 5y ago
Blue Origin is part of the NASA Artemis program that has the primary goal of returning humans to the moon.
- Cipater 5y ago1. Blue Origin's bid (and Dynetics') lost out to SpaceX. They have sued and a decision is expected by 4th August but they are not a part of the Artemis program as we speak. 2. Even if their bid had been successful, the Artemis program has nothing to do with the New Shepard project.
- skissane 5y ago> but they are not a part of the Artemis program as we speak. They are almost certain to be one of the winning bidders on NextSTEP-2 Appendix N BAA [0], which is part of the Artemis Program. However, Appendix N is just providing $15 million each of funding to Blue Origin and Dynetics to keep their bids alive for the next phase of the HLS competition. NASA really wants a second HLS provider and they are going to send BO and Dynetics just enough of a trickle of funding to stop them from walking away, until such time as Congress gives NASA enough money to actually pay for one. [0] https://www.nasa.gov/nextstep/humanlander3 https://www.nasa.gov/nextstep/humanlander3