Rocket Lab protests NASA's decision to award Blue Origin $700 million Mars orbiter contract
📍 Where it landed
Rocket Lab filed a GAO bid protest over NASA’s award of a $700 million Mars communications orbiter contract to Blue Origin, calling the review punitive. NASA subsequently stopped work on the Mars orbiter after the protest.
Coverage quieted without a definitive resolution reported.
Epilogue added 39d ago, after coverage quieted.
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