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NASA to make lunar cargo delivery awards to Blue Origin and SpaceX (spacenews.com)

submitted 1 month ago by llamacoffee to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Those orders make sense for the two lander types. BO gets the hab closer to the surface and Starship's elevator drops off something that can drive out of it.

I'm still always surprised by Blue getting these contracts without having executed on anything like them, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The Dynetics lander would have been cool for dropping off rovers right on the surface.