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> “ Before the April contract award, NASA had handed out nearly $1 billion in concept development contracts – with SpaceX receiving $135 million, Dynetics $253
by headShrinker 5y ago
> “ Before the April contract award, NASA had handed out nearly $1 billion in concept development contracts – with SpaceX receiving $135 million, Dynetics $253 million, and Blue Origin receiving $579 million.”
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/16/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-takes-nasa-to-federal-court-over-hls-contract.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/16/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-takes...
BO took a ton of money during the first round. Now the execs are pissed they weren’t awarded the contract. It seems BO just didn’t submit a compelling proposal and now they are using scorched earth behavior to get their way in court. It’s a shame because the BO team is being humiliated by the execs with their bullying antics. I have a huge amount of respect for the BO team. I KNOW they are really good and care a lot about the mission and space exploration. Too bad about the execs…
- zamalek 5y agoWell, you can look at the calibre of the execs. Musk knows enough about his passion to actually embed into the teams and help innovate. Bezos just bought a ticket to space for a billion bucks, so that he could be cool like the other billionaires.
- AtlasBarfed 5y agoI don't know Bezos or Musk, and I'm not a CEO cult of personality member, but Bezos seems to want to be the smartest guy in the room, and if he isn't he'll elbow the other people out of the way. Musk does seem to want to be the smartest person in the room, and he obviously likes his public person, but if he isn't the smartest doesn't seem to mind. Battery day was basically him saying high level remarks, and delegating PUBLICLY to the other extremely smart people.