𝕏Frank

The Atlantic's @Tyrangiel explains why SpaceX overtook Blue Origin despite Jeff Bezos having a two-year head start and far more capital to work with: "Bezos founded Amazon with his head and Blue Origin with his heart. But he allowed Blue Origin to drift a little bit." "A former senior NASA official who visited both of those companies in their adolescence said Blue Origin was an academic lab. They had beautiful 3D printers and beautiful buildings, but nobody was working. There's no energy there." "Whereas at SpaceX, everybody was dirty and young. They were sleeping in the office. That's a product of the fact that Elon just didn't have as much money as Jeff." "That gets us to the current day, where SpaceX is responsible for 80% of what was launched in the world in 2025. The next closest competitor is the Chinese government."