SpaceX told to suspend work on NASA's moon-lander project until a challenge by Jeff Bezos' rival space company is resolved
The SpaceX moon-lander project is on hold pending review by the Government Accountability Office. NASA ordered the halt after competing firms Dynetics and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin filed complaints. The space agency initially said it would choose two companies before awarding SpaceX a sole contract. SpaceX's moon-lander project for NASA has been put on hold after rival bidders Dynetics and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin filed challenges with the Government Accountability Office. The US space agency told SpaceX to halt its work on the project, which aims to land humans on the moon as early as 2024, until the dispute can be resolved. "NASA instructed SpaceX that progress on the HLS contract has been suspended until GAO resolves all outstanding litigation related to this procurement," the space agency said in a statement Friday reported by Jeff Foust for Space News In Dynetics' complaint, which was co-signed by Blue Origin, the company argues that NASA should have withdra...