Bezos and Musk's Lunar Race Heats Up with NASA Contracts.

NASA awarded Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin a $3.4 billion contract to build a lunar lander for the Artemis V mission, putting him in direct competition with Elon Musk's SpaceX, which is already working on a lunar lander for the same mission. The rivalry between the two billionaires goes back two decades, with both men having a passion for space travel and a desire to colonize other planets. Critics question whether it's wise to entrust the future of space exploration to two ultra-competitive tech billionaires, but NASA administrator Bill Nelson says having both Musk and Bezos on the job means more competition and reliability.