Nelson at KSC
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he is "very optimistic" Congress will provide NASA with additional funding for a second HLS award, but declined to comment on Blue Origin's proposal to reduce its costs to get that contract. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

ORLANDO — NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says he remains confident that Congress will provide NASA with additional funding so it can select a second lunar lander developer but declined to comment on Blue Origin’s proposal to lower its costs to enable a contract.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...