Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin protests NASA’s awarding of moon lander contract to SpaceX
Elon Musk’s SpaceX won a $2.9 Billion moon lander contract from NASA on April 16
Blue Origin filed a protest with the federal Government Accountability Office on the same
It accused NASA of moving the goalposts for contract bidders at the last minute
The moon lander project aims to put humans back on the moon for the first time since 1972
As per the contract, SpaceX will build a spaceship to deliver astronauts to the moon as early as 2024
SpaceX was chosen over Blue Origin and defence contractor Dynetics Inc
Bezos and Musk were in head-to-head competition for this
