Elon Musk Trolled Jeff Bezos, After US Judge Cleared NASA's SpaceX Moon Lander
A US judge on Thursday approved the halted moon lander contract awarded by NASA to SpaceX, much to Blue Origin's disappointment
The US Court of Federal Claims on Thursday ruled in favour of Elon Musk's SpaceX while sidelining Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin after the latter filed a lawsuit against NASA for giving SpaceX an expensive lunar lander contract.
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After months of back-and-forth jibes on Twitter (yes, Musk, we're looking at you), the court bought long-sought resolution for NASA, SpaceX, and Blue Origin alike.
In classic Musk style, a meme-inspired reaction followed the news from the 2012 film "Dredd" saying "you have been judged."
¡ª Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2021
After Judge Richard Hertling gave the ruling in SpaceX's favour, NASA announced that it will resume work with SpaceX as soon as possible.
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NASA is increasingly inviting private space companies to help the agency out with future space exploration projects. In a bid not to alienate Blue Origin, NASA added that it has a series of "opportunities" lined up for "companies to partner with NASA" to help establish human presence on the Moon under the Artemis programme.
.@NASA's selection of @SpaceX to develop and demonstrate a modern human lunar lander has been upheld. We will resume work as soon as possible: https://t.co/yawdmC1eBP pic.twitter.com/QQ4JjBmMJA
¡ª NASA Artemis (@NASAArtemis) November 4, 2021
Jeff Bezos also reacted to the ruling on Twitter, claiming that while it was "not the decision we wanted, we respect the court's judgment." That means there will no further appeals to this judgement and the project can move on to the next phase of development.
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Not the decision we wanted, but we respect the court¡¯s judgment, and wish full success for NASA and SpaceX on the contract. pic.twitter.com/BeXc4A8YaW
¡ª Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 4, 2021
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In April, NASA awarded the moon lander contract to Elon Musk's SpaceX, to Blue Origin's disappointment. The contract worth $2.9 billion requires SpaceX to land humans on Moon for NASA's yet-to-come Artemis series of missions.
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