Star Wars, a clash between Bezos and Musk for the moon

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the two richest men in the world, dream of space and fight on the moon.

Amazon’s owner Blue Origin filed a 50-page complaint against NASA’s decision to award Tesla’s visionary billionaire SpaceX a contract to build a spacecraft for the return of American astronauts to the moon. One decision, is Blue Origin’s accusation, based on “incorrect bidding assessments”: the benefits of Bezos’ company’s proposal have in fact been underestimated while the technical difficulties for SpaceX have been minimized. “It is strange for NASA to make these kinds of mistakes,” says Bob Smith, the number one of Blue Origin, noting how the American space agency should have assigned the order to two companies, as it always has in the past, and would not have Had to decide based on the price. SpaceX does not comment but in a tweet addressed to the New York Times, Musk cuts short: Blue Origin has never even arrived in orbit yet.

SpaceX’s victory is a blow to Blue Origin and an embarrassment for Bezos, who was personally involved in the project.

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