„Iată motorul (BE-7) care va transporta prima femeie pe suprafaţa Lunii”, a anunțat Jeff Bezos într-o postare pe Instagram.
Motorul BE-7, pe care Blue Origin îl dezvoltă de ani de zile și care a fost testat timp de 1.245 de secunde, în această săptămână, la NASA Marshall Space Flight Center din Huntsville, Alabama, va alimenta nava Landing Human Landing System.
Blue Origin conduce o „echipă naţională”, ca prim contractor, pe care a format-o în 2019 pentru a ajuta la construirea navei sale Blue Moon. În această echipă mai sunt cooptate Lockheed Martin Corp, Northrop Grumman şi Draper.
După ce a vizat obținerea de contracte guvernamentale profitabile în ultimii ani, Blue Origin concurează cu companiile SpaceX, compania miliardarului Elon Musk şi Dynetics, deţinută de Leidos Holdings, pentru a câştiga un contract pentru construirea următorului sistem de aterizare lunară umană al NASA pentru a transporta oamenii pe Lună în următorul deceniu
NASA a atribuit în luna aprilie un contract pentru dezvoltarea unei nave destinate misiunilor pe Lună echipei Blue Origin, în valoare de 579 de milioane de dolari, precum și companiilor SpaceX, care a primit 135 de milioane de dolari pentru a-şi dezvolta sistemul Starship, şi Dynetics, care a câştigat 253 de milioane de dolari.
NASA este pregătită să aleagă două dintre cele trei companii „la începutul lunii martie” 2021, pentru a continua construirea prototipurilor de nave pentru misiuni cu echipaj pe Lună începând cu 2024, a spus o purtătoare de cuvânt a agenţiei.
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