I’m more impressed that Bezos took the ideas that worked from Spacex and successfully copied it.
Blue Origin first human flight
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#22Seems that between Musk, Bezos and Branson, we have in essence restarted a space race but this time it's billionaires in the private sector versus governments. Some will surely say that they have better things to spend their money on (Bezos for sure) but I gave to say it's still mindblowing. I would imagine if you're one of those guys, you've basically have enough money to solve any problem, so these guys it seems are chasing harder and harder problems, space exploration seems to be top of mind among these problems.
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#23Mixed feelings. I suppose it's important to have competition/alternatives to SpaceX, but does it have to be done in such a sluggish manner by one the most unlikable people in the world?
> such a sluggish manner Can you elaborate? I'm not sure "sluggish" is an adverb I would use to describe space launches.
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#24Mixed feelings. I suppose it's important to have competition/alternatives to SpaceX, but does it have to be done in such a sluggish manner by one the most unlikable people in the world?
I hate to break it to you but Musk is just as unlikeable.
Why does it matter who does it though? It’s a great achievement and could lead to great things. I’d much rather people like Bezos were spending money on this than mansions, supercars, and other crap that doesn’t benefit anyone.
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#25Link to the direct feed: https://youtu.be/watch?v=tMHhXzpwupU (Posted by many others, but this is what made the front page) Update 1: Successful booster touchdown (admittedly, they probably had a lot larger fuel budget than orbital launches) Update 2: Successful touchdown of capsule Congrats to Blue Origin for success in tossing people through space!
> (admittedly, they probably had a lot larger fuel budget than orbital launches)
That booster isn't capable of orbital launches.
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#26Are Amazon employees allowed toilet breaks yet?
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#27This felt so underwhelming. I don't know if it's because I've seen SpaceX doing much more complicated missions or it's just not that big of a deal. They got about two minutes of zero G and came down immediately. You can experience that for much longer with a regular plane, for much less money. It really shouldn't count as space travel unless they go into orbit around Earth.
Agreed. This really felt like an amusement park ride for rich people. Like a throw towards the edge of orbit.
I'm sure there is some innovation coming out of this, but compared to the insane progress of SpaceX it's super underwhelming.
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#28Mixed feelings. I suppose it's important to have competition/alternatives to SpaceX, but does it have to be done in such a sluggish manner by one the most unlikable people in the world?
> such a sluggish manner Can you elaborate? I'm not sure "sluggish" is an adverb I would use to describe space launches.
Blue Origin is funded by Bezos with much more resources/year than SpaceX, yet has achieved far less over a longer time since founding. "Sluggish" is the adverb I would use to describe its engineering progress.
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#29This felt so underwhelming. I don't know if it's because I've seen SpaceX doing much more complicated missions or it's just not that big of a deal. They got about two minutes of zero G and came down immediately. You can experience that for much longer with a regular plane, for much less money. It really shouldn't count as space travel unless they go into orbit around Earth.
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#30Seems that between Musk, Bezos and Branson, we have in essence restarted a space race but this time it's billionaires in the private sector versus governments. Some will surely say that they have better things to spend their money on (Bezos for sure) but I gave to say it's still mindblowing. I would imagine if you're one of those guys, you've basically have enough money to solve any problem, so these guys it seems ar…
I don't see a race. I see one company that does space travel and two dilettantes, who may or may not one day actually do something useful.