# NASA Gave Collins Aerospace Excellent Rating, Then Descope Cost $37M

- slug: nasa-gave-collins-aerospace-excellent-rating-then-descope-cost-37m
- date: 2026-04-21
- category: Space & Aerospace

NASA has spent $37 million on a spacesuit contract that went nowhere. Now the agency is betting its entire lunar program on a single contractor with no backup option.

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