A senior lawmaker proposed a controversial piece of laws on Wednesday that directs NASA to choose a second firm to construct the company’s subsequent Moon landers — along with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which was awarded a $2.9 billion NASA contract to construct a lander earlier this 12 months. The invoice hasn’t handed the total Senate but, nevertheless it marks a brand new entrance in an ongoing effort to overturn or rejig NASA’s resolution. It additionally units up the primary political problem for NASA’s new administrator, former Sen. Invoice Nelson.
NASA’s alternative of SpaceX final month to construct the company’s first lunar lander since 1972 spawned a wave of opposition from some lawmakers and the 2 shedding corporations within the working: Jeff Bezos’ house agency Blue Origin and Dynetics. These…
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