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Bezos Bribe? Billionaire Jeff Bezos Offers NASA $2 Billion If It Remedies ‘Mistake’ Of Not Letting Blue Origin Compete For Moon-Landing Contract

The contract was awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Jeff Bezos, left, and Elon Musk. Credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images; Joe Skipper/Reuters

From Yahoo.com….

Jeff Bezos’ space company is offering to cover billions of dollars in costs for a contract with NASA to take astronauts to the moon.

Blue Origin said it would cover up to $2 billion for the first two years of production of a moon lander, waiving payments for the first two years if NASA awards the company the project. The company is also offering to develop and launch a pathfinder mission at its own expense, as well as work with NASA on a fixed-price contract, which would free the space agency from any cost overages.

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