HEY, BIG SPENDER: Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion to get Blue Origin back in the moon race. “The world’s richest man appealed to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson in an open letter Monday, offering to cover billions of dollars in the US space agency’s costs. In doing so, Bezos hopes Blue Origin can be reconsidered for a contract to build the vehicle that will land the next astronauts on the moon.”

Until (unless?) Blue Origin starts orbiting cargo — at the very least — it’s difficult to see NASA giving his moon lander another serious look.