Bezos puts breaks on moon mission


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https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/20/nasa_blue_origin_lawsuit_spacex_voluntary_stay/

 

JBoz's actions wrt the lawsuit have forced NASA to put a halt on the HLS programme. Guy's a jerk, and it's going to cost NASA and Space X money just to defend their positions.

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On 20/08/2021 at 15:55, spikey_richie said:

https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/20/nasa_blue_origin_lawsuit_spacex_voluntary_stay/

 

JBoz's actions wrt the lawsuit have forced NASA to put a halt on the HLS programme. Guy's a jerk, and it's going to cost NASA and Space X money just to defend their positions.

 

 

NASA entered into a voluntary stop work which will 1) expedite the court proceedings, 2) end the stop work on November 1, and 3) give the Justice Department an early opportunity to ask for a summary judgement - an  immediate ruling by the Federal Court of Claims judge.

 

This does not stop SpaceX's development of Starship, just NASA's participation.  Also, before this lawsuit was filed NASA paid SpaceX a $300m milestone payment for the HLS work SpaceX had completed.

On 21/08/2021 at 05:55, spikey_richie said:

https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/20/nasa_blue_origin_lawsuit_spacex_voluntary_stay/

 

JBoz's actions wrt the lawsuit have forced NASA to put a halt on the HLS programme. Guy's a jerk, and it's going to cost NASA and Space X money just to defend their positions.

Personally I think the world would be a better place with Bezos on the moon

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On 21/08/2021 at 00:00, DocM said:

 

 

NASA entered into a voluntary stop work which will 1) expedite the court proceedings, 2) end the stop work on November 1, and 3) give the Justice Department an early opportunity to ask for a summary judgement - an  immediate ruling by the Federal Court of Claims judge.

 

This does not stop SpaceX's development of Starship, just NASA's participation.  Also, before this lawsuit was filed NASA paid SpaceX a $300m milestone payment for the HLS work SpaceX had completed.

Granted, but it's still a jerk move from JBoz.

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On 20/08/2021 at 15:55, spikey_richie said:

https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/20/nasa_blue_origin_lawsuit_spacex_voluntary_stay/

 

JBoz's actions wrt the lawsuit have forced NASA to put a halt on the HLS programme. Guy's a jerk, and it's going to cost NASA and Space X money just to defend their positions.

If he loses does not he pay for both sides lawyers?

Blue Origin defections continue, with at least 17 now public. Mostly these are Human Lander System lead engineers, Propulsion, and New Glenn orbital  launcher related. One is a former astronaut.

 

Major articles from CNBC and The Atlantic magazine...

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/20/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-losing-top-talent-during-nasa-lander-fight.html

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/08/bezos-blue-origin-lunar-lander-lawsuit/619831/

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On 21/08/2021 at 21:47, DocM said:

 

Jupiter's Moon Io would be nice, the closest thing to Hell in this solar system. Plenty of volcanoes, fire & brimstone.

Way too close to us... I was thinking maybe Pluto's smallest moon, Styx.  It's little more than a 15 mile lump of ice and seems appropriately named for Bezos... :p 

On 21/08/2021 at 22:13, FloatingFatMan said:

Way too close to us... I was thinking maybe Pluto's smallest moon, Styx.  It's little more than a 15 mile lump of ice and seems appropriately named for Bezos... :p 

How about HD 189733b? Looks pretty, right? Lovely blue planet, with an atmosphere made of Silicate, essentially, glass! It'd cut Bezos like he does his staff when they can't hit rate! I know it isn't a moon but I couldn't resist the cutting joke!

 

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