OrbitBeyond has cancelled its $97m lunar project contract with NASA 2019 after it was signed, after admitting it cannot carry a payload to the moon after all. The reason is unknown but OrbitBeyond has not announced a funding round it forecast earlier in two months. It was one of three companies, the others being Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines, chosen by NASA to take part in the mission. NASA said OrbitBeyond would still be able to compete for future work in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services programme.
OrbitBeyond has cancelled its $97m lunar project contract with NASA two months after it was signed, after admitting it cannot carry a payload to the moon after all. The reason is unknown but OrbitBeyond has not announced a funding round it forecast earlier in 2019. It was one of three companies, the others being Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines, chosen by NASA to take part in the mission. NASA said OrbitBeyond would still be able to compete for future work in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services programme.