A federal judge on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin against the government over NASA’s decision to award a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract to rival billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Judge Richard Hertling of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington granted the government’s motion to dismiss the suit filed on Aug. 16. The judge’s opinion explaining his reasoning was sealed, as were many other documents in the case, pending a meeting this month on proposed redactions. Blue Origin, created by Amazon.com Inc. founder Bezos, expressed disappointment. “Not the decision we wanted, but we respect the court’s judgment, and wish full success for NASA and SpaceX on the contract,” Bezos wrote on Twitter. NASA said on Thursday “it will resume work with SpaceX” on the lunar lander contract “as soon as possible.” The space agency added it “continues working with multiple American companies to …