Blue Origin v. United States & Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Blue Origin v. United States & Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Blue Origin v. United States & Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Court	United States Court of Federal Claims
Full case name	Blue Origin LLC v. United States of America & Space Exploration Technologies Corporation
Decided	4 November 2021
Case opinions
	Complaint from Blue Origin is dismissed, NASA is allowed to award SpaceX for developing Starship HLS

On 13 August 2021, Blue Origin filed a complaint to the United States Court of Federal Claims about NASA's award of 2.9 billion United States dollar to SpaceX. The award is used for the company to further develop Starship HLS, a lunar lander that is selected for the Artemis program. On 4 November 2021, the Court of Federal Claims dismissed the complaint, and the accompanying memorandum opinion is titled Blue Origin v. United States & Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Prior actions from Blue Origin and the complaint has received extensive attention from the news media and spaceflight industry.

Background

In December 2018, NASA announced it was seeking lunar lander proposals under the Artemis program, which is released under Appendix E of its NeXTSTEP-2 program.[1]

Government Accountability Office

On 26 April 2021, both Blue Origin and Dynetics filed formal protests to the Government Accountability Office.[2]

Court of Federal Claims

On 13 August 2021, Blue Origin filed a complaint to the Court of Federal Claims against NASA on behalf of SpaceX.[3]

Prominence

According to Eric Berger from Ars Technica, most of the space industry and Blue Origin employees were negative to the company's complaint and related actions.[4]

References

Shanessa Jackson (December 12, 2018). "NASA Seeks US Partners to Develop Reusable Systems to Land Astronauts on Moon". NASA. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
"Blue Origin protests NASA Human Landing System award". SpaceNews. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
"Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sues NASA, escalating its fight for a Moon lander contract". The Verge. 16 August 2021. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021. protest prevented SpaceX from starting its contract for 95 days while the GAO adjudicated the case.
Berger, Eric (16 August 2021). "Here's why Blue Origin thinks it is justified in continuing to protest NASA". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

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[crew_lander-1] Shanessa Jackson (December 12, 2018). "NASA Seeks US Partners to Develop Reusable Systems to Land Astronauts on Moon". NASA. Retrieved December 13, 2018.

[sn20210426-2] "Blue Origin protests NASA Human Landing System award". SpaceNews. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[verge20210816-3] "Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sues NASA, escalating its fight for a Moon lander contract". The Verge. 16 August 2021. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021. protest prevented SpaceX from starting its contract for 95 days while the GAO adjudicated the case.

[ars20210816-4] Berger, Eric (16 August 2021). "Here's why Blue Origin thinks it is justified in continuing to protest NASA". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.