NASA has announced plans to support the development of a second astronaut moon lander.
The selection of SpaceX sparked protests from Dynetics and Blue Origin, as well as a lawsuit from the latter.In October, the Senate Appropriations Committee introduced a bill that would instruct NASA to pick a second company to develop a lander. Space.com reported that NASA has"assurances that the necessary money will come" and that Nelson said the competition will"get started in the fiscal year [2023] budget.
The newly announced competition will be open to all American companies but SpaceX and NASA officials said during a Wednesday news conference that the company will have the opportunity to negotiate the terms of its existing contract to perform additional lunar development."This strategy expedites progress toward a long-term, sustaining lander capability as early as the 2026 or 2027 timeframe," Lisa Watson-Morgan, program manager for the Human Landing System Program, said.
NASA intends to land the first woman and first person of color on the moon as part of the Artemis missions. The crewed Artemis III will return astronauts to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, depending on theJulia Musto is a reporter for Fox News Digital. You can find her on Twitter at @JuliaElenaMusto.
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