# Rocket Lab takes NASA to the GAO over the $700 million Mars orbiter award

A $700 million contract to build, launch and operate a communications spacecraft at Mars has gone to Blue Origin. On Friday, the losing bidder took the decision to the US Government Accountability Office. The protest came from Rocket Lab, and the company made no effort to soften its reasoning. "NASA

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