Blue Origin's Lunar Lander Secures NASA Contract, Heating Up Space Race.
NASA selected Blue Origin over Dynetics for the Sustaining Lunar Development award due to technical strengths such as an aggressive schedule of test flights and lower cost. Blue Origin's proposal for its Blue Moon lander stood out due to its plans for a series of missions to test its lander technology before the required uncrewed test flight of the lander. The statement did not disclose the price Dynetics offered for the lander, but the statement noted it was "substantially higher" than Blue Origin's proposal.