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NASA selected Blue Origin as the lead contractor for the first missions under Project Ignition, its $20 billion plan to build a permanent lunar base by 2033, passing over SpaceX for all three initial Moon Base deliveries. Days later, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a ground test at Cape Canaveral, throwing the entire Artemis timeline into question and raising hard questions about NASA's strategy of diversifying away from SpaceX.