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NASA said Blue Origin made a number of assumptions in its bid to build the agency's new astronaut lunar lander and that "all of these assumptions were incorrect," according to documents obtained by @joroulette:
theverge.com/2021/9/29/2268…

@joroulette Blue Origin VP of government relations Megan Mitchell:

"I wouldn’t say that we didn’t offer our best offer when we put in our proposal ... I’m not going to comment on NASA characterizing it as gambling — we disagree with that." theverge.com/2021/9/29/2268…

@joroulette NASA: "All of this once-in-a-generation momentum, can easily be undone by one party—in this case, Blue Origin—who seeks to prioritize its own fortunes over that of NASA, the United States, and every person alive today" theverge.com/2021/9/29/2268…

@joroulette NASA adds later on that Blue Origin had "no chance of award."

The agency also highlighted Blue Origin's allegation that SpaceX has a "history of announcing schedules that it could not meet for prior, smaller, and simpler launch vehicles."
theverge.com/2021/9/29/2268…

@joroulette NASA also said that Blue Origin's "only specific proposal" for how it would have negotiated with the agency was to say the company would have asked for the 2024 landing date to be pushed back:
theverge.com/2021/9/29/2268…