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Why Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin could be a problem for NASA

May 29, 202613 min
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Episode description

A Blue Origin rocket explosion during a test launch at Cape Canaveral in Florida could have huge implications for Jeff Bezos' ambitions in space.

His company had just won a big NASA contract to deliver lunar landers to the moon using his New Glenn rockets which are specifically designed to carry cargo.

The failure will also affect NASA's moon plans, which already included little margin for error.

Sky's science and technology correspondent Mickey Carroll joins Mhari Aurora to discuss what the explosion means for Blue Origin, getting humans back on the moon and the space race.

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