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Bezos pumped billions into Blue Origin and still lost to SpaceX. Maybe scaling down and running it like a startup would be better. I wonder if Bezos is still pu
by MangoCoffee 2y ago
Bezos pumped billions into Blue Origin and still lost to SpaceX. Maybe scaling down and running it like a startup would be better. I wonder if Bezos is still pumping billions into Blue Origin even now
- oskarkk 2y agoThey don't have much revenue. They're selling some engines to ULA, they have some government contracts and quite big commercial contracts for launches that haven't happened yet, so Bezos is surely still pumping money to pay for these 14000 employees and other expenses.
- marcosdumay 2y agoAren't they ready to finally test a heavy rocket capable of orbit? From the information they publish, it looks like stopping the race because you got tired just before the finish line. I wonder what part of the public information is false.
- lupusreal 2y agoNew Glenn has already reached orbit. Starship probably will soon (tests so far have been suborbital because they would be launches to LEO, which is dangerous if they can't be certain of controlled reentry. New Glenn launched to MEO which is safer because it won't be reentering.) The race hasn't stopped.