NASA tells SpaceX to halt lunar lander work pending contract challenges
By Eric M. Johnson
SEATTLE (Reuters) – U.S. home firm NASA has knowledgeable Elon Musk’s SpaceX to halt work beneath a contract it acquired to develop a lunar spacecraft, pending the results of challenges by rival bidders on the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the corporate said on Friday.
NASA’s alternative means SpaceX has to stop any work notably related to the moon program contract until the GAO makes a ruling, anticipated Aug. 4 on the most recent.
A SpaceX spokesman did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Earlier this month, NASA awarded SpaceX the lunar contract over billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and safety contractor Dynetics.
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