據(jù)外媒報道，亞馬遜創(chuàng)始人杰夫·貝索斯旗下太空探索技術(shù)公司“藍色起源”近日將美國國家航空航天局（NASA）告上法庭，抗議NASA將一份利潤豐厚的登月合同授予太空探索公司（SpaceX）。

Jeff Bezos's space firm Blue Origin is suing Nasa over a decision to award a $2.9bn lunar lander contract to Elon Musk's SpaceX.
杰夫·貝佐斯的航天公司藍色起源正在起訴美國航空航天局，因其決定將一項價值29億美元（約合人民幣187.9億元）的月球著陸器合同授予埃隆·馬斯克的太空探索公司。

The former Amazon boss's firm said there were "fundamental issues" with the deal, calling it unfair.
藍色起源表示，這筆交易存在“根本問題”，稱其不公平。

The row stems from a decision in April to hand the deal to one company, not two as expected, because of a funding shortfall.
這場爭吵源于4月份的一項決定。由于資金短缺，美國航空航天局決定讓一家公司中標，而不是預(yù)期中的兩家公司。

2019年7月20日，美國國家航空航天局公布了阿爾忒彌斯計劃，提出在2024年前美國將重返月球，并最終在月球表面建立一個長期生存的基地。

今年4月，美國國家航空航天局宣布，已選擇馬斯克的太空探索作為唯一指定月球著陸器供應(yīng)商。

In a court filing on Friday, Blue Origin said it continued to believe that two providers were needed to build the landing system, which will carry astronauts down to the Moon's surface as early as 2024.
在8月13日提交的一份法庭文件中，藍色起源表示，他們?nèi)匀徽J為需要由兩家供應(yīng)商建造著陸系統(tǒng)，該系統(tǒng)最早將于2024年將宇航員運送到月球表面。

It also accused Nasa of "unlawful and improper evaluation" of its proposals during the tender process.
藍色起源還指控美國國家航空航天局在招標過程中對其提案進行了“非法和不當?shù)脑u估”。

"We firmly believe that the issues identified in this procurement and its outcomes must be addressed to restore fairness, create competition and ensure a safe return to the Moon for America," Blue Origin said.
藍色起源表示：“我們堅信，必須解決此次采購及其結(jié)果中發(fā)現(xiàn)的問題，以彰顯公平與競爭精神，同時確保美國安全登月?！?/p>

At the time of the award, Nasa's human exploration chief, Kathy Lueders, admitted that the space agency's current budget precluded it from selecting two companies. That was after Congress granted it only $850m of the $3.3bn it requested for the project.
美國國家航空航天局人類探索主管凱西·盧德斯承認，在做決定時，該機構(gòu)目前的預(yù)算無法讓它選擇兩家公司。此前，國會只批準了該項目所需33億美元（約合人民幣213.8億元）中的8.5億美元（約合人民幣55億元）。

Nasa also cited the proven record of orbital missions by Elon Musk's SpaceX firm as a factor in the award. Cost is also thought to have played a role: SpaceX's bid was the lowest-priced by some distance.
美國國家航空航天局還將太空探索公司可靠的軌道飛行任務(wù)記錄作為中標因素之一。成本起了一定作用：太空探索的出價顯然是最低的。

In July, Mr Bezos offered to cover up to $2bn of Nasa's costs in order to be reconsidered for the contract, but he was rebuffed.
7月，貝佐斯提出向美國國家航空航天局支付高達20億美元（約合人民幣129.6億元）的費用，以便使其重新考慮這份合同，但遭到拒絕。

US watchdog the Government Accountability Office (GAO), meanwhile, rejected a complaint from Blue Origin and defence contractor Dynetic, saying that Nasa had not "acted improperly" in handing the contract to just one firm.
與此同時，美國監(jiān)管機構(gòu)政府問責(zé)局（GAO）拒絕了藍色起源和國防承包商Dynetic的投訴，稱美國國家航空航天局僅讓一家公司中標沒有“不當行為”。

Nasa must file a response to the legal action by 12 October. SpaceX is yet to comment on the lawsuit.
美國國家航空航天局必須在10月12日前對藍色起源的起訴作出回應(yīng)。太空探索尚未對這起訴訟發(fā)表評論。

來源：BBC
編輯：董靜