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T+252: NASA Selects Blue Moon for a Second Lunar Lander, But is Facing a Grim Budget Reality

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Blue Origin's Bid for the Artemis 5 Mission

Blue Origin pitched this bid at $3.4 billion, which is less than what I thought they had to come in at. Dynetics was the other bidder and submitted an updated version of the bid that they did last time around. And surprisingly have not protested, doesn't look like they're going to be protesting this award either. Now there was some talk about how they just couldn't hit the budget required for this. That's a key thing I want to talk about in a few minutes.

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