Jeff Bezos Offers $2 Billion USD To NASA For Blue Origin Lunar Lander

Jeff Bezos Offers $2 Billion USD To NASA For Blue Origin Lunar Lander
#JeffBezos #BlueOrigin #Nasa

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[tomich]

let me give you 2B, so you can give me 6 🤣, the worst part is that Nasa might accept it 🙈🙉🙊

[LarryButler]

Would that be considered to be a bribe?

[martinm]

Such an odd approach, this offer to NASA seems too good to be true... in the long term, this is only good for Jeff and Jeff's companies. They should reject it, and tell him if he wants to keep developing his system independently then he may be eligible again in the next round, whatever that will look like.

[tubularap]

Wether Jeff's offer is technically sound, legally possible, or not crossing any ethical boundaries, or whatever ... it just doesn't LOOK proper
It feels too late, desperate. It confirms again that Jeff Bezos does not have a sense for diplomacy or public relations. And the NT design is still underwhelming.

[Yutani_Crayven]

Bezos making his service more competitive is good.
Competitors changing pricing after the process of bidding is complete is… well, questionable. The entire point of that process is to be open and upfront about your costs rather than engaging in bidding wars after you were found to be substantially more expensive. (Or at least so I thought. Perhaps that's a misconception.)
I don't know what to think of this.

I also question the sustainability of the Blue Moon lander concept. Even with those $2B, it's still less reusable than Dynetics and far less capable than Starship.

[AniMageNeBy]

Fat boy, makes me remember an episode of southpark. But at least he's one of the few to mention this.