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Branson May Make a Last-Ditch Effort to Beat Bezos Into Space

posted by martyb on Wednesday June 09 2021, @12:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the competition dept.

Freeman writes:

Branson may make a last-ditch effort to beat Bezos into space:

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said on Monday he would fly on the first human spaceflight of his company's New Shepard spacecraft. This mission will launch from Blue Origin's spaceport in West Texas on July 20, which is the anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing in 1969.

With this timeline, Bezos seemed almost certain to beat his suborbital space tourism rival, Sir Richard Branson, into space. Setting aside whether Branson's VSS Unity vehicle reaches space—its maximum altitude is just below the Kármán line, or 100 km—this is nonetheless a meaningful milestone.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by MIRV888 on Wednesday June 09 2021, @04:48AM (2 children)

    by MIRV888 (11376) on Wednesday June 09 2021, @04:48AM (#1143431)

    All I can ever think of is Weyland-Yutani.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 09 2021, @05:09AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 09 2021, @05:09AM (#1143438)

    Really? I see A stunning validation of capitalism; newcomer shakes up incumbents and government operations at the same time. Opens up previously unconsidered possibilities for space.

  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday June 09 2021, @03:24PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday June 09 2021, @03:24PM (#1143546) Journal

    All I can ever think of is Weyland-Yutani.

    Thinking that is like thinking, . . . oh, like thinking that Google might one day turn out to be evil. Couldn't happen. Never gonna happen. Not even if you waited for a million microseconds.

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    The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.