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My summary: till around 2015 Blue Origin and SpaceX seemed like peer competitors; since then SpaceX pulled way ahead. Bezos and Musk have quite different long-t
by abecedarius 5y ago
My summary: till around 2015 Blue Origin and SpaceX seemed like peer competitors; since then SpaceX pulled way ahead. Bezos and Musk have quite different long-term visions, with Musk into Mars settlement and Bezos into moving Earth-based energy and industry into space using space resources, inspired by Gerard K. O'Neill, etc. The article asks whether Bezos is committed enough to get his company to really compete.
It's offputting to see so much hate in the comments here. I'm not a fan of some things about Amazon, but I want SpaceX to face serious competition, and I see space development as more promising than Mars development.