He was also offered to front $2b of the development costs himself after NASA went from saying there'd potentially be multiple winners to saying there'd only be one. I honestly don't think return on investment is his main concern with Blue Origin
Then why is he wasting money on lawyers - why doesn't he just go to the moon and prove his solution is the best rather than chasing a NASA boondoggle
Because their solution was an absolute joke by looking at the GAO review..
SpaceX's contract is for $2.89B, right? NASA should offer Bezos a $3.0B contract to get astronauts to the moon - $2B up front of his own money, then $1B of NASA's money after he brings the astronauts back safely.
Hmm - with how fast Blue Origin accomplishes things, maybe add a 20-year time limit to the contract.
The American way.
A million dollars to Bezos is like $1 to most of us.