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It's intersting (sort of) to contrast Bezos with Musk on this: Musk wants to colonize other planets, and in his other work to convert from fossil fuels -- truly
by eplanit 5y ago
It's intersting (sort of) to contrast Bezos with Musk on this: Musk wants to colonize other planets, and in his other work to convert from fossil fuels -- truly moving the species forward. Bezos, on the other hand, fancies himself as Jean-Luc Picard, made trip #1 about himself, and what he's really making happen is a lucrative space tourism business. Still cool, but not at all on par with Musk's work.
Congrats Bezos, nonetheless (he gets a Nancy Pelosi clap, at least).
- oses 5y agoI'm not sure I agree that him being on this first trip is him making it 100% about himself. I think its more him trying to show that it is safe enough even for him to go on.
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- eplanit 5y agoHmmm.. the photo seems to indicate otherwise: https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1417251070989029376 https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1417251070989029376
- sebazzz 5y agoRegardless, I think Bezos is viewed in a worse daylight simply because of the way he used Amazon to exploit their workers and being anti-competitive. Now, that may be true of Musk also in a way, but there is certainly less news about it.
- CarelessExpert 5y agoBlue Origin made a point of taking shots at Branson and Virgin Galactic before he went up: https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1413521627116032001 https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1413521627116032001 Bezos is a hyper-competitive, winner-takes-all narcissist. Of course it's about him. That being said, let's not pretend Musk or Branson are particularly different in their essential makeup. Heck, Musk literally bought the right to be called Tesla's founder. If that isn't the action of someone deeply self-involved and vainglorious, I don't know what is. Bezos appears to be just a lot more petty.