18 minutes agoBezo offers Nassau $2 billion for the contract that takes astronauts to the moon
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Shortly after returning from his space flight, Jeff Bezos on Monday offered Nassau 2 billion times if the US space agency gives his company Blue Origin the contract to design the space shuttle that takes astronauts to the moon. Nasa in April gave SpèceX, owned by Elon Musk, one [...]
Nassa in April gave SpèceX, owner of Elon Musk, a $2.9 billion contract to build the space shuttle that would bring astronauts to the surface of the moon until 2024 duek turned down the Blue Origin offer.
This seems to have left billionaire Bezos frustrated.
In a letter to Nassau's administrator, Bill Nelson, Bezos says that Blue Origin would stop paying for the next two years government years -- a sum that amounts to 2 billion -- in order to pay for the mission in question.
Nassau's spokesman said the agency knew about Bezos's letter, but would refuse to comment more. /Periscope
