Bezos Offers to Waive $2 Billion of Fees in Moon-Mission Bid
Jeff Bezos speaks about his flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard during a press conference in Van Horn, Texas on July 20.
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Jeff Bezos has told NASA that Blue Origin will waive as much as $2 billion of payments over the next two years as the rocket company seeks a government contract to develop a human landing system for the moon.
If selected, Blue Origin would also fund a test of NASA’s lunar-descent module, which is the outpost that would serve as a critical link in trips to and from the moon. The funding would reduce risk for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Bezos wrote Monday in a public letter to its head, Bill Nelson.