Yahoo News by Kate Duffy 8/12/2021
• Elon Musk mocked Blue Origin after it attacked NASA for awarding SpaceX a moon-lander contract.
• Musk tweeted a photo of a Blue Origin moon lander with the words: "Somehow, this wasn't convincing."
• Blue Origin says NASA gave SpaceX "preferential treatment" for the moon-lander contract.
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Elon Musk on Thursday mocked a photo of Blue Moon, the moon lander created by Jeff Bezos' aerospace company, Blue Origin.
His tweet came hours after Blue Origin once again criticized NASA for awarding SpaceX an exclusive $2.9 billion contract to land humans on the moon.
Blue Origin said it would continue to challenge NASA's decision and repeated its claims that SpaceX got "preferential treatment."
In response to Blue Origin's statement, tweeted by Washington Post reporter Christian Davenport, Musk tweeted a photo of Blue Moon with the caption: "Somehow, this wasn't convincing…"
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