NASA awards Mars Telecommunications Network contract to Blue Origin over Rocket Lab
NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract to develop the agency's Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system for Mars missions, a contract Rocket Lab had been expected to win. The award was announced Tuesday and represents a significant loss for Rocket Lab.
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$RKLB: NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract Tuesday to develop the agency’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system that will enable reliable, high-bandwidth communications and navigation services for current and future Mars missions. The https://t.co/Yz43Tmnm2C
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And from our things can't get worse bureau, NASA announced they awarded the Mars Orbiter to Blue Origin and not RKLB whom their blowhard CEO claimed they had it all pretty much locked up... RKLB bloodbath tomorrow