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Originally Posted by Pants
Hey, guys, I recently saw the different amounts of money NASA was giving the three private players (may have been here actually) and SpaceX was receiving by far the lowest amount. I think Blue Origin may have been #1?
Do you know why that is the case?
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To some extent, it's based on the probability of success. But it's also based on how much money people ask for and how much work there is to be done. SpaceX's proposal was probably lower since they're just modifying Starship, and it's also a bit unlikely that it'll work.
Note that it was just a development contract (basically paying the companies to do the engineering work). The actual contracts for who will actually be selected to develop their systems will depend on how things go in the next year or two.