Sorry to hurt your feelings but Jeff Bezos is doing just about everything he can to get the comparison with SpaceX out there and nobody commenting on any of this intends to hurt the feelings of those working on either one of these projects. There have been plenty of harsh words on Tesla, SpaceX, Apple, Google and so on on HN and this is the first time that the 'compassion' angle gets played.
How about: Blue Origin and SpaceX are as different as apples and oranges, the one is doing space tourism and may at some point become a player, the other is serving up a sizeable fraction of the worlds launch capacity at a pace that seems to be picking up every month. As soon as Blue Origin becomes Blue Orbitals a comparison would make sense.
How about: Blue Origin and SpaceX are as different as apples and oranges, the one is doing space tourism and may at some point become a player, the other is serving up a sizeable fraction of the worlds launch capacity at a pace that seems to be picking up every month. As soon as Blue Origin becomes Blue Orbitals a comparison would make sense.