Bezos offers to give $2 billion to NASA

Stefan Mileschin · 28th July 2021, 08:05

Wants to build a new moon lander

The first man to ride a giant model sex toy into space, Jeff Bezos, has offered to cover $2 billion of NASA costs to be reconsidered for a key contract to build a Moon landing vehicle.

In April, the space agency awarded the $2.9 billion contract to Elon Musk, rejecting a bid from Bezos' company Blue Origin.

NASA seems to be in the position of worrying about which rich white guy is going to spend all the money they got on tax breaks to try and get their names in the history books in a capitalistic space race.

The award is for building the landing system that will carry astronauts down to the lunar surface as early as 2024.

NASA could only award the contract to one company, not two as expected because of a funding shortfall.

The space agency had received only $850 million of the $3.3 billion it requested from Congress to build the Moon lander.

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28th July 2021, 08:05	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,541	Bezos offers to give $2 billion to NASA Wants to build a new moon lander The first man to ride a giant model sex toy into space, Jeff Bezos, has offered to cover $2 billion of NASA costs to be reconsidered for a key contract to build a Moon landing vehicle. In April, the space agency awarded the $2.9 billion contract to Elon Musk, rejecting a bid from Bezos' company Blue Origin. NASA seems to be in the position of worrying about which rich white guy is going to spend all the money they got on tax breaks to try and get their names in the history books in a capitalistic space race. The award is for building the landing system that will carry astronauts down to the lunar surface as early as 2024. NASA could only award the contract to one company, not two as expected because of a funding shortfall. The space agency had received only $850 million of the $3.3 billion it requested from Congress to build the Moon lander. https://fudzilla.com/news/53292-bezo...illion-to-nasa

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