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Re:Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Sues NASA for a Moon Lander Contract by lp0_on_fire on Monday August 16, 2021 @03:12PM (#28201689)
> For example, the company argued that it was not specified that the vehicle should be able to land in the dark

This seems like an important bit? Like...launch windows are a thing and when it's time to launch it's time to launch. I guess Blue Origin never thought someone might want to launch at night (implying a night-time abort is a possibility?)

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Re:Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Sues NASA for a Moon Lander Contract by zardo on Monday August 16, 2021 @04:12PM (#28202317)
It's not the launch, it's the landing. NASA specified landing sites that are in permanent shadow as targets. The 'national team' missed that landing in permanent shadow would have to happen in the dark.
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Re:Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Sues NASA for a Moon Lander Contract by spywaregorilla on Monday August 16, 2021 @04:18PM (#28202403)
I find that really funny
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