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I think Blue Origin will explode into the space race. Bezos is a smart fellow and his number one passion is space. I think competition between SpaceX and Blue Origin is happening right now and is fierce. I'm sure Musk knows what Bezos is up to and that's why he's driving the development of StartShip so hard (and StarLink)

This year is going to be interesting.

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People have been saying that for years.

Blue Origin is nowhere close to SpaceX. They are a fun R&D project silently farming out refined small aerospace tech improvements to various space agencies.

They haven't even achieved a single orbital launch to date. SpaceX achieved orbit 12 years ago.

I’ve often wondered why BO hasn’t achieved orbit despite it being public knowledge that Bezos spends a billion / year on it. Other than space being hard, why do think that is?

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