{"id":22594,"date":"2021-08-20T22:05:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blue-origins-new-lawsuit-continues-to-fight-nasas-lunar-lander-decision\/"},"modified":"2021-08-20T22:05:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:05:01","slug":"blue-origins-new-lawsuit-continues-to-fight-nasas-lunar-lander-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blue-origins-new-lawsuit-continues-to-fight-nasas-lunar-lander-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin\u2019s new lawsuit continues to fight NASA\u2019s lunar lander decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=985\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"blue origin lunar lander\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"1194\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/blueorigin_hls_lander_de_ae_moon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"985,554\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"blueorigin_hls_lander_de_ae_moon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=985\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few weeks back the US Government Accountability Office denied Blue Origin and Dynetic\u2019s protest of NASA\u2019s Human Landing System contract. Since then Blue Origin has been on a PR campaign to throw mud at the winner, SpaceX, and has started a lawsuit against NASA.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-16942\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-after-gao-decision-blue-origin-plans-to-sue\">After GAO decision, Blue Origin plans to sue<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month the GAO released a document making clear why they denied the protest by Blue Origin and Dynetics. The decision clearly states that there is no evidence to support their claims of unfair treatment or improper selection processes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now Blue Origin plans to sue NASA over the contract, still stating that this is to fix NASA\u2019s improper selection process. This is not new as SpaceX has done this in the past too, suing both NASA and the US Air Force after they believed was a bad selection process. The only difference is in SpaceX\u2019s cases, they were not even allowed to bid for the contracts.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-will-the-lawsuit-affect-hls-progress\">How will the lawsuit affect HLS progress<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the protest with the GAO, SpaceX and NASA were not allowed to work together on the development of Starship and its lunar landing variant. Since the protest was denied, NASA has been able to work with SpaceX and begin sending the company part of the $2.9 Billion contract award.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-16942',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This all could come to a halt as, according to a NASA spokesperson, a stay has been sent to NASA by the judge overseeing Blue Origin\u2019s lawsuit. This means NASA may have to, once again, stop work with SpaceX on their HLS contract. This could possibly further delay NASA\u2019s 2024 crewed lunar landing mission.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-blue-origin-employees-in-awe-over-scorched-earth-tactics\">Blue Origin employees in awe over \u2018scorched earth\u2019 tactics<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an open letter on the Blue Origin Reddit page, an employee expressed his concerns about their company\u2019s infographics and PR tactics. Saying many are \u201cdisgusted and embarrassed\u201d for their company to treat their friends that way. They set the record straight that the team they are very much members of \u201cteam space\u201d and \u201cget amped about Starship getting stacked\u201d like everyone else.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/assets\/lunar-starship-complexity-infographic.jpg\" alt=\"Lunar Starship Complexity Infographic\"><figcaption>One of Blue Origin\u2019s infographic slam at SpaceX\u2019s Starship vehicle. Featured on their HLS National Team page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several employees have begun to leave the lunar lander team at Blue Origin. One of which was a  lead engineer, Lauren Lyons, who is now the COO at FireFly, another now works for SpaceX.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-space-explored-s-take\">Space Explored\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Blue Origin has seen success with their New Shepard program, they have not yet seen that success carry forward with New Glenn and HLS. The dire fight for this contract, paired with New Glenn\u2019s failed selection with the Space Force, and BE-4 engine concerns have all been setbacks for the company that have prevented the creation of a new sustainable cash flow through government contracts. Hopefully, they can work through the setback with New Glenn, but if not, that could be a point of concern for the company moving forward.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-related\">Related<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-want-to-help-support-space-explored\">Want to help support Space Explored?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shop on&nbsp;Amazon&nbsp;to support Space Explored writers<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directly support Seth by becoming a member of their&nbsp;Patreon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/unistellar-telescope.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17371\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks back the US Government Accountability Office denied Blue Origin and Dynetic\u2019s protest of NASA\u2019s Human Landing System contract. Since then Blue Origin has been on a PR campaign to throw mud at the winner, SpaceX, and has started a lawsuit against NASA. After GAO decision, Blue Origin plans to sue Earlier this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}