Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin wins $20 billion NASA contract for lunar base development
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The article reports on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin winning a $20 billion NASA contract to build a city-sized lunar base, beating out Elon Musk's SpaceX. The project aims to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis program, which targets returning Americans to the lunar surface before 2029. The initiative also comes amid growing competition from China in a new space race.
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· 2 pulledJeff Bezos beats out Elon Musk to build $20 billion NASA 'city-sized' base on the moon
NASA wants Americans back on the Moon before 2029, but faces growing competition from China in a new space race
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