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1. 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
by Cipater 5y ago
1. 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