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Podcast: IEN Radio
Episode: Blue Origin Sues Gov't Over SpaceX Moon Lander Contract
Description: Earlier this year, NASA picked SpaceX to build the lander that will return astronauts to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.Under the nearly $3 billion contract, Elon Musk’s company would propel the mission using one of its new rocketships, known as the Starship, which is eventually intended to bring humans to Mars.But Musk’s chief rival in the private spaceflight game has other ideas.The two companies that lost out on the lunar lander contract — Dynetics Inc. and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin — appealed the decision to federal officials...