SpaceX vs Blue Origin: Comparing their Plans

Comparing the plans of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to take civilization to space.

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4:01 - 4:06 Image courtesy of SpaceX / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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[incont]

Please stop calling it a race between the two. If it was, SpaceX has won it 5 times over already

[tonydeveyra]

The difference in approach
Spacex: quit your day job to chase your dream
Blue Origin: keep your day job that dream is a hobby

[neoblox]

Jeff bezos: the tutorial is so hard!
Elon musk: I’ve restarted this game 50 times

[tipzy]

Blue origin developing rockets just to send packages into the mars because he knows elon plans to colonize mars😂

[faithrakhajiit]

Blue origin = We will leave the Earth's atmosphere in the next decade...
SpaceX = We will have a Martian colony in the next decade
...

[solot]

The tortoise and hare story actually takes full meaning only if the hare stops and waits.

Quoting Elon: ‘I don’t ever give up’

[noahno]

“Slow and steady wins the race”

Also: “hasnt launched a rocket into orbit”

[Arten]

10 year later:
Elon:I finally bring People to space!

Jeff: I finally Bring Supplies to Space station!

[MrPerser]

SpaceX: Launches a rocket, seperates side boosters, puts a Tesla into orbit and lands both sideboosters at the same time
BO: yea.. new shepard

[alfin]

The difference between Jeff's and Elon's intention in these projects is

Elon : For Humanity

Jeff : For Money

[kamisama]

Except in this race the tortoise is trying to build a turbocharger while the rabbit wakes up and wins the race

[WiseWeeabo]

Imagine what Elon could do with Bezo's resources

[michaelespinoza]

I feel like Bezos paid for this video 😂

[peachezprogramming]

“Blue origin is backed by the richest person on the planet.”
Oh boy. This comment will NOT age well I’m afraid.

[jhyland]

Saying the _New Shepard_ rocket "went to space" just because it barely crossed the Kármán line is like saying you've been to a state that you actually just had a short layover flight at.

[justinkiff]

Bezos already lost the race to space, he will always be the second.

[dripcat]

"slow and steady wins the race" bruh this statement can be made when there is an ACTUAL race.

[rowenagrinsam]

But in this race actually the tortoise who sleep all the way.

[nikolaalset]

Blue Origin, being that it's Jeff's, is the ultimate example of how money really can't buy you everything.

[showcase-me]

"Slow and steady" only wins against an undisciplined opponent.
If anything that's the antithesis of SpaceX