Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos wrote an open letter to NASA on Monday offering a US$2bil (RM8.46bil) discount to allow his company to build a Moon lander.
The human landing system (HLS) contract, worth US$2.9bil (RM12.26bil), was awarded to rival SpaceX in April, but Blue Origin and a third company Dynetics filed protests that are currently awaiting adjudication by the US Government Accountability Office.
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