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Bezos reopens the space match for the Moon. The decision next week

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Certain ideas die hard and continue to live under the radar and so, as no one then thought that it was possible to do the wells in Africa and the Saturns to go to the Moon, or that the millions spent by Bezos and Branson are deprived and that a luxury industry, especially for us Italians, is considered by many to be a blessing, given the jobs it provides.

Then there are criticisms, even the American ones, where Bezos is not loved too much. But a leader is one who knows how to choose and Bezos is indeed: another could have been angry, but he is not. First he gives 100 million, in more tranches, substantially to charity and then he writes directly to NASA because he wants to give, you read that right, 2 billion dollars if and only if NASA readmits its Blue Origin in the Artemis project, to bring humanity back to the Luna and this time to stay there it seems.

The lunar challenge with Musk

It happened that NASA had first launched a tender for the construction of the lunar landing module open to several companies, but then, due to the obvious lack of funds caused by the cuts by the American Congress on the Agency’s budget, it had decided to admit to the continuation of the project. Artemis only SpaceX by Elon Musk, for a commitment of 2.9 billion dollars, leaving the other contenders dry, first of all Bezos with Blue Origin and other participants alongside Bezos, prominent people and usual NASA suppliers , such as Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin, usual suppliers of NASA.

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Obviously the appeal of Blue Origin given that initially there was talk of two proposals that would pass, to have competition and final choice between the two. The appeal is accepted, the decision in favor of SpaceX is frozen and the decision on the appeal itself is expected in a few days.

Then last Monday Bezos’ formal proposal, with a letter to the NASA administrator, the former astronaut Bill Nelson, to absorb the costs for the realization of what was proposed by the tender on the two-year budget, guaranteeing on the times and not taking into account any budget overruns, normal in the world of space.

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