Blue Origin has successfully completed 24 launches to Space as of December 2023. To say they have never been to space is to not pay attention. While SpaceX is

Blue Origin has successfully completed 24 launches to Space as of December 2023. To say they have never been to space is to not pay attention. While SpaceX is far and away the leader in private space companies, with significantly higher total number of launches and innovations compared to Blue Origin, it is still possible for them to fail to execute this one specific mission before Blue Origin’s. They should not rest on their laurels because they have completed hundreds of launches. The specifics of Artemis III require SpaceX to execute several launches of systems that have never been to space, and complete maneuvers in space refueling that have never been done before. If successful it will be a huge milestone in human space missions, let alone private space operations. They can fail to do this and because of delays from NASA and other partners could possibly have this mission completed after Blue Origin’s.