The New Shepard spacecraft is designed to bring commercial passengers into space. By comparison, SpaceX’s current missions have focused on transporting cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station. The Elon Musk-owned company is also developing rockets that may eventually transport humans to Mars.
But if you’re into naming winners and losers thus far, one metric is pretty easy to track: SpaceX has successfully brought humans into space, something that Blue Origin has yet to do.
And while Elon Musk is somewhat successfully launching Starship heavy rocket prototypes meant for the moon and Mars, Blue Origin’s comparable New Glenn spacecraft has been delayed for years. April 14 could make a major turning point for Jeff Bezos, but he’s still got a ways to go before he’s caught up with Musk.
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