Blue Origin will supply the lunar lander for the third crewed Artemis mission to land astronauts on the moon. NASA announced Friday that the company, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has been awarded a $3.5 billion contract to develop the lunar lander it dubbed Blue Moon. The project is expected to cost more the $7 billion total and Blue Origin will be spending billions more than its half share of the lander total to build a permanent base on the moon. "We want to establish permanence on the moon," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. "And we want to ensure we have consistent access to the moon."
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/286327