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How did we got from this?

>>11588879
As someone who doesn't know a hell of a lot about any of the bids, right now I feel like BO's team stands the best shot of winning the contract. They've got two defense giants, a newspace company, and a solid tech supplier. My main concern is that the lander has three components built by three different companies, so more room to go wrong.
Boeing has been shaky with NASA lately, Dynetics (and probably unannounced bidders, if any) is relatively small, and if SpaceX is in it without partners I feel like they wouldn't be invested enough to design a winning Artemis-tailored lander.

>>10630475
It seems so quaint.
They‘re talking about a revolution with their space stations and stuff and I‘m sure New Glenn would be a great rocket if it‘s really that reusable.
But seeing this lander just being a slightly bigger iteration on a 50 year old design is just so underwhelming.