How Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson’s Space Flights Will Differ | WSJ

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Blue Origin, and Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, are in a head-to-head race to get into space
The billionaire founders of Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic will both be on board as the companies send their vessels to the edge of space. But their spacecraft, flight logistics and altitudes have some differences. Photo illustration: Laura Kammermann
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[@JosheeBwoi]

The key difference is actually in the landing. Virgin Galactic will land smoothly like an airplane. Blue Origin will eject all passengers to land just on time at their own doorsteps. Their families will instantly receive a notification indicating "delivered".

[@BroAnarchy]

Lol Amazon Prime - _Space_

[@thelukesternater]

Yes

[@FishermanRussia]

virgin 1.это безопасно 2.это дешево .

[@claucemicro1080]

😄

[@AndreVictorGoncalves]

yeah, but virgin galactic is waaay more dangerous. A pilot got killed a few years ago. And they don't go above the Karman line. Blue Origin goes above the Karman line, has a no death record and no pilots. I would take blue origin any day.

[@hangsu6261]

Jeff Bezos: My brother's going with me to the space. Why?! Vin Diesel: Family.

[@don3589]

😂😂

[@mike365fly]

bald

[@mrmoseman3477]

Lol

[@Captainkingcaca192]

😂🤣

[@growlikethewind5788]

Virgins ship looks like it was designed by Lamborghini while the blue origin rocket looks like a straight up space dong.

[@tnsdemon1706]

It look like a d

[@webcityguymyclubb4032]

@@tnsdemon1706 Or Bezo’s head.

[@3515B1]

@@webcityguymyclubb4032 yeah very accurate

[@ntchihieu]

@@webcityguymyclubb4032 🤣🤣

[@JK-ff6zc]

Disney rides for the wealthy. Not real space, not real astronauts.

[@julianchee2894]

I’d take Virgin Galactic any day. I’d rather have a 90 minute flight over a 10 minute hop for $250,000

[@randyreynolds4252]

plus virgin has been refining this for almost 20 years, Burt Ratan helped design it over 20 years ago and they have sent a dozen or more people up there already

[@AndreVictorGoncalves]

@@randyreynolds4252 yeah, but virgin galactic is waaay more dangerous. A pilot got killed a few years ago. And they don't go above the Karman line. Blue Origin goes above the Karman line, has a no death record and no pilots. I would take blue origin any day.

[@alexcarter8082]

@@AndreVictorGoncalves where's the fun in that.

[@jaodeodato]

Both will still be quite an experience

[@vantom6194]

@@AndreVictorGoncalves it is above Karman Line NASA and US aviation consider 50 miles or 80 kms above earth as Karman Line virgin galactic edge it at 55 miles while blue origin at 60 miles.

[@jamuojisan]

Head to head race: Branson's Space Flight: long hair Bezos' Space Flight: no hair Thank you all for 900 likes!

[@Ronaldo-ve5hf]

lol

[@THEREALZENFORCE]

Peter Weyland (long hair) vs Lex Luthor (no hair)

[@jamuojisan]

@@THEREALZENFORCE :D

[@thinkcubeydr.shulker9888]

Well said

[@spacedas915]

Haha.... Funny

[@kessler003]

Im no rocket scientist, but Virgin Galactic seems safer.

[@abhishekhb2032]

its actually not!! blue origins has got got eject option for the crew capsule if anything happens to base rocket.. where as virgin galactic is just a plane that has to withstand Max dynamic pressure , which it couldnt hence lost people lives in 2014 during test flight!!

[@Slain2012]

virgin galactic had a dude die in a test flight

[@Armor23OnPatrol]

@@Slain2012 yep SpaceShipTwo disintegrated when it was heading up. Only one pilot survived.

[@seaglethebeagle175]

@@abhishekhb2032 but takeoff will be safer on a plane

[@spooky.-]

You aren’t a rocket scientist you shouldn’t be talking.

[@zapfanzapfan]

That "We're 6 months out" has finally arrived after 14 years...

[@AzraelPercussionNEO]

@Travel Crawl Alot of it has to do with personal preference and poltics. Mr Brandson has a "niche" industry compared to Mr Bezos which sells almost every material thing humanly possible (I am sure including Mr Branson's phones or at least the phone cases for them :D). Mr Bezos also has a boarder vision for Human Civilization than just Commericalized Space Flight. Mr Brandson's will leave his industry at that and will pocket probably more money than Mr Bezos due to preference but this will end up bad for the big spender in the long run and we will eventually soon find out why. This is basically a Tesla and Edison remake of history except that Tesla will also have "The Big Purse" as well as the Brains to create new Industries for mankind to toil upon.

[@totallyaccuratebotansimula9493]

Today I watched rich people do rich people things...

[@strikerbowls791]

@Travel Crawl clown moment

[@brandonmotaramos5810]

@@totallyaccuratebotansimula9493 cmon m8 first it’s the rich doing this, then it’s the rest of us, have faith, progress moves in wierd patterns, accept it.

[@mtl-ss1538]

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[@edr.2642]

20 years from now 30 countries will do this and cost per passenger will probably go down to like $10K lol

[@bruce0750]

20 years later, that $10000 will be like $6000 today.

[@EinkOLED]

A tower would be more logical using lightweight but strong new materials.

[@moosdeboer6469]

Yea but by then it might not be so cool anymore. Could even be as casual as taking the airplane is nowadays

[@marcoAKAjoe]

@@EinkOLED yep

[@daltonmojica]

@@moosdeboer6469 I mean isn’t wider access to space always been the goal? Space travel *should* be as mundane as a plane ride in the future.

[@crispin8888]

The Bezos rocket looks phallic.

[@DTR89]

Wow no one else mentioned this.... Oh wait

[@BlackMamba-lt8oe]

looks like the corona of my banana

[@rishavkumarthakur7725]

Virgin galactic spaceship looks very cool and futuristic.

[@brittanybaker4678]

I agree! Excellent design inside and out. The Blue Origin model is a bit comical and clunky by comparison.

[@amerlad]

@@brittanybaker4678 that's because blue origin's model is an actual rocket. while virign galactic created a glorified airplane.

[@ryba_god]

@Adventure West Dont't worry, you won't get on one anyway

[@SychoSam]

Yes they just need to build a bigger version which can make it to 95 miles above the earth.

[@theduden]

@@amerlad Virgin Galactic is aiming for suborbital passenger flights between countries. Meanwhile, blue origin is only as good as a glorified cage thrown to space that comes down in a parachute 🤣

[@MrQhuin]

Virgin galactic has the cleverest way of reaching space.

[@dylanp_ayz8016]

Bezos should be a lawyer: Avoids paying taxes, Avoids FAA inspection for safety, Avoids government oversight.

[@BorisForOffice]

Amazon pays massive amounts of taxes. They pay zero *federal* *income* tax because of various tax credits that the government allows companies to use (e.g. R&D, offset losses in previous years, etc). That FAA safety inspection worked great for the people killed on the Boeing 737 MAX

[@carlamoore2710]

So if I hear what you're saying, it's that Bezos makes the perfect crook. People assumed and they could be right that former president of the United States Donald Trump was going after him due to jealousy. But based on the information that we've been given about him bezos is a Master avoiding pain taxes, inspections and knows how to avoid government oversight. So there were legitimate reasons to go after him? Interesting.

[@bluet6898]

You just have to be a billionaire many times over to have those perks.

[@johannnasir9452]

He avoids being a lawyer by hiring the nest ones out there lol

[@glockout8283]

Bezos also lives off gov contracts by lobbying the gov. He lost the contract to the moon to spacex but sued, now he’s getting like $5 billion for that, lost a contract for $10 to Microsoft, sued and now he will be getting that

[@saikiran3238]

Aladeen would not approve the jeffs rocket design, he needs that to be pointy 😂 ( iykwim )

[@owscar]

ITS ONLY A CARTOON!!!!!

[@brink3149]

ᅠ

[@looney9891]

@@nitheezkant9438 what

[@simmethaboi5232]

Number o'ene ☝🏻

[@Armadauzbekistan]

Do you mean he will aladeen the design or aladeen the design?

[@jpm1477]

Meanwhile, SpaceX's paying passenger will be doing a flyby to the moon

[@BrianKabonyo]

Not the first passenger on a private space company though! 🙃 That's what this is about and Musk has already lost unless he can do that before tomorrow.

[@HamburgerHelperDeath]

@@BrianKabonyo Lost…these two companies barely even get into actual space. They only go sub orbital.

[@---------c5741]

@@HamburgerHelperDeath Ok Elon Musk fanboy

[@Alejoblocks]

Sure, because musk always delivers on his promises...

[@thePronto]

Parabolic fairground ride to the edge of space for 60 seconds or 3 days in orbit. Hmmmm.... decisions, decisions...

[@Michael-cb5nm]

One spacecraft looks like a lawn dart, and the other...let’s just say Jeff has some insecurities...

[@harpritamdhaliwal1636]

Virgin’s craft actually looks like something used for space tourism in like 50 years

[@idamimmo8537]

LOL, LOL, LOL

[@mssummer07]

🤣

[@TheEmmp]

The Virgin is waiting to get relationship with the blue origin, what is going to be an alien 😂!

[@Hotaudio40]

I'm already in sub-orbital space.

[@tompostma1840]

Where did you get the good stuff. I'm out. 😊👍

[@xploration1437]

Dave’s not here man.

[@robbyandrews6318]

ME 2.. like Jimmy Hendricks said. Have YOU EVER been Experienced.

[@lievenjoziasse2685]

According to Jeff we are all astronauts. "Sub orbital" is just a way for him to justify his pathetic 3 minute parabolic flight that costs more than a house.

[@darrellcook8253]

It took me a long time to get where I'm not.

[@14rs2]

Of the two of them I think I’d rather go on a Virgin Galactic flight. You have way more time to take it all in rather than blue origin that feels like it’s over in a few moments

[@sy2see]

🤣🤣🤣

[@RR-us2kp]

And the fact that you land in the middle of nowhere in the blue origin flight. Instead of landing in an airport.

[@TheBenacaster]

Blue Origin is literally doing nothing ground breaking. It’s just a pop straight up.

[@JayaLakshmi-uo2kd]

Here after the virgin galactic plane safe landed in mike richards bathroom

[@mkhanman12345]

in your living room?

[@JayaLakshmi-uo2kd]

@@mkhanman12345 No in your bathroom

[@cutthroat4274]

@@JayaLakshmi-uo2kd bruh moment

[@mkhanman12345]

@@JayaLakshmi-uo2kd so put that in the post

[@RR-us2kp]

In an airport. Not in the middle of a desert

[@davidmcdonald77]

Bezos rocket reminds me of Dr. Evils rocket.

[@We_Want_It_All]

1 million dollars.... 🤙

[@Gfw36026]

Looks like a giant.... weiner

[@MiguelMartinez-ut1th]

Bezos looks like Dr. Evils

[@Armadauzbekistan]

Aladeen will aladeen that design

[@itsmeDaddyStu]

And he is BALD.

[@countpicula]

It’s hilarious that the only people from virgin they felt they needed to highlight where the two women, not the pilots. ( trombone sounds)

[@kingkylie9655]

Well it definitely got me excited since I’m a woman and I think I would like to save from my business and go on a space trip with virgin!

[@vimmentors6747]

Branson's spaceflight: rocket plane Bezos' spaceflight: penile mutilation nightmare

[@ronaldbeck1762]

SpaceX spaceflight: Actually goes to space

[@skyler5241]

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH

[@christinebuckingham8369]

It does look Ironically Phallic! This is an egoic "pissing" contest between Bezos, Musk and Branson to see who has the bigger "rocket"! 🙄👎👎👎

[@10p6]

I hope Bozos rocket performs just as well as his customer service.

[@sy2see]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mfamdallymdee317]

😅😅😅😅

[@springbloom5940]

Amazon has outstanding customer service and his rockets have a virtually flawless record. So... yeah, it will.

[@10p6]

@@springbloom5940 ROFLMFAO You are so full of it.

[@springbloom5940]

@@10p6 You are just in denial.

[@lindsaymckenzie3237]

I definitely have the "let's measure our junk" feeling... space race is awesome! You both win! Woot.

[@randyjax09]

That’s definitely what this is all about.

[@karyon1007]

Hence the shape of the Blue Origin rocket.😏

[@GabGotti3]

This shouldn’t be news and we as a society shouldn’t care. We should be caring about whether they’re paying their taxes.

[@Brain_With_Limbs]

@@GabGotti3 Ok, and also we should be doing regularly 1st amendment audits.

[@xxX69420Xxx]

@@GabGotti3 So we shouldn't care about the beginnings of space tourism? You must be fun at parties

[@deanclark3705]

I think those old James Bond movies with some evil billionaire who builds a laser in space and holds the world hostage is getting closer to reality.

[@TheFatmexican621]

Out of all the world's billionaires not one of them has chosen to be come Batman.

[@anonymousnobody7708]

It's just waste money. They won't make much difference. Whoever goes to Space will lose. It's far from living in other planet. NOT a tousands years. You guys are easy to be carried away.

[@deanclark3705]

Is it just me or does bezos kinda look like Dr evil from the Austin Powers movies. Kinda scary.

[@rickardkaufman3988]

@@TheFatmexican621 Bezos has. I mean, he kinda looks like Lex Luthor.

[@thegrandpaman7338]

You know how Elon musk going to put like a satellite in space for like ads or something I'm pretty sure the villain would use it as a monologue

[@aurora_occidentalis2248]

Go SPCE! Spaceplanes rule! I imagine VG in ~ 20 years with a 4th generation vehicle taking tourists to a zero G resort for a week or two of orbital bliss much like today's cruse ship experience.

[@freeze-frames]

That's what I'm waiting for!

[@aaronkastriotiseni1406]

Yeah... I would also add beautiful artificial females in that resort.

[@josephc.9520]

I would add juicy company collapse to that dream

[@Showmetheevidence-]

Elon must be laughing at them. 50miles? He’s aiming at Mars fellas.

[@emperortv767]

Musk is always taking things to a whole other level lol

[@williamhutton1752]

Those are two different things.

[@eBussy1099]

Both richard and bezos are aiming for space tourism industry to generate more money whreas Musk is aiming for colonization of Mars so humanity can survive in the future

[@emperortv767]

@@eBussy1099 makes sense

[@morgannordahl4355]

All three are aiming to pull the wool over your eyes.

[@BrianSu]

5:24 good that the capsule has a Soyuz like landing rocket to cushion the impact. I guess this is required for all hard landings on land.

[@leonmorales6237]

Groovy, a real life Austin powers and dr evil, I can definitely see Branson having a party up there, and bezos being jealous of bransons mojo! Branson even has the cool blue jump suit and cool ride just like Austin powers .

[@edgarwillder4975]

I'd take Blue Origin, so i could use my extra 80 minutes for writing review on KZbin comments.

[@jasonolinger7585]

Did Jeff really have to make his ship look like that smh

[@jomon723]

Just call it Woody

[@mancerrss]

Well Jeff Bezos "nudes" nearly leaked to the internet so it's not much of a surprise

[@dangleeszak2323]

"Heh heh make it look like a peen"

[@Fhita1962]

to match his head.

[@kimberlyking9523]

@@jomon723 🤣

[@polotov7]

Imagine how far they would get if they just worked together but Virgin has been testing space lights for 15 or so years so they should be first to go

[@FearEngine]

I really have a bad feeling about the rocket, especially given the lack of regulation. Yeah the view-ports are nice but I think if not on the main trip at some point something is far more likely to malfunction.

[@swimshadey]

No reassurance from 15 successful flights? VG literally had someone die

[@mymixedbiscuit9159]

@@swimshadey Honestly this aged badly. It's been almost a year since Blue Origin's total mission failure that was broadcast on their cheerful livestreams. I saw the video of the rocket being engulfed in flames with the presenters clearly in shock. That was 10 months ago, and Blue Origin still hasn't launched any flights.

[@Marshall_Stacks]

"Space Tourism" seems like an absolute waste of everyone's time and money.

[@user-rl4sr8xd7n]

Have a lovely time with space flights

[@davide724]

Elon Musk: Congratulations to Bezos and Branson for achieving each of your "space flights". I would've watched them, but there's somewhat of a delay, here on Mars.

[@andreaybarinque7751]

😂💯🤙

[@RR-us2kp]

He's still on earth. And he won't be going to Mars anytime soon. Give me a shout if he gets there. In this century.

[@josephc.9520]

@@RR-us2kp Sure will :), because even if you have no faith whatsoever in SpaceX, NASA clearly does, and that's enough for me

[@RR-us2kp]

@@josephc.9520 Didn't I say tell me after anyone gets there? NASA said children will be born on the moon by the 90s. How did that go?

[@frufrufrufru1999]

Virgin Galactic is a plane and if something goes wrong it can glide its way back to safety. Blue origin is a rocket and if something goes wrong you will have to rely on your parachute, but if something goes wrong with your parachute, then ur dead.

[@fivestarmichelin4679]

Jeff and Richard's goal are great, but it looks like a game compared with Musk's rockets.

[@wywoke]

Richard makes it!

[@tchaffman]

$500,000 is obviously a lot of money to pay for a ticket, but at the same time it costs more than $100,000 to climb Mount Everest, so from that perspective I see how a select group of individuals could justify paying for that kind of experience. I'd imagine the cost comes down in the next 50 years.

[@yashkanodia34]

Blue Origin ride would seem a rip off, with a joyride of just 10mins, it would be like an exotic amusement park ride, which gets over way too soon. I wonder if skydiving would be more entertaining

[@tchaffman]

@@yashkanodia34 Incredible bragging rights

[@neeljavia2965]

@@yashkanodia34 Not true

[@brittanybaker4678]

As the cost goes down, I wonder if paying customers will also be crammed into smaller seats, closer together, like what happened with air travel over the last 50 years.

[@frankreynolds9930]

@@brittanybaker4678 You get what you pay for. Before price of airplane flight was also very expensive.

[@DrBotNet1337]

What a time to be alive.

[@t.miller8456]

The four richest people owning $693 billion, meaning they can personally outspend nations on things like spacetravel. It is indeed a weird time we're living in.

[@neeljavia2965]

@@t.miller8456 Not true. Their networth is no way comparable to the gdp of a country.

[@user-sw7nl8lz4u]

I love more the spaceship of Sir Branson because it is the most beautifulliest than those of Jeff Besos !!!!!!!!!!!......

[@alanartwww]

Bezos needs to study what rockets are supposed to look like--I think he got the wrong idea.

[@walkergp2130]

On blue origin you get a complimentary durex

[@niko36]

While these two guys are playing “astronaut” Elon is laughing and planning Mars….

[@jj6407]

Ya 🤣 that's so funny. These two are nothing to what Elon is planning

[@strikerbowls791]

@@jj6407 at least these guys are doing something and aren’t just talking about it

[@bobby6204]

@@strikerbowls791 my thoughts exactly...

[@aditi1729]

@@strikerbowls791 I agree

[@vitryugun5371]

Elon started from small steps too, and "these two guys" will definitely catch up to him in the future. Edit: and of course, what both these guys are doing are not small steps, but we've been spoilt by Elon's great achievements, which make everything else small in comparison, for too long time.

[@AdrianSchouten]

I think Jeff should call it "Pink Origin"

[@tomscott3]

best comment!

[@tedjones450]

Purple helmet warrior,

[@LaurenOliviArt]

😂😂😂

[@andrealenox9444]

lol, why do you say so

[@darrellcook8253]

The blue color harkens to the Viagra pills that keeps it up.

[@notarmchairhistorian7779]

When the USSR and the USA was going to space, that was just competition between the two. Now with China and other countries and companies joining, this is becoming a real race... or even marathon.

[@gazgaffa8437]

Both are like going on a cruise but only going 2 miles out to sea

[@ahmad000almahdi]

« إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ۚ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا »

[@amerlad]

bezos and branson going head to head in a race to reach orbit... meanwhile elon musk is shooting cars in space, creating the first ever completely reusable rocket, and already planning his mars colony. its like they're on completely different playing fields while thinking they're all neck-to-neck. dont get me wrong i love the competitivness, it will make these people progress quicker. but the scale at which spaceX is progressing is completely insane, they create rockets within weeks, they created an entire assembly line and bought out a whole town to turn it into their base of operations. spaceX is on steroids.

[@breakupgoogle4668]

Blue origin may catch up. They have the ability for moon landing.

[@strikerbowls791]

Virgin Galactic will be beneficial for all. SpaceX is just a billionaire’s wet dream and not as exciting

[@tedjones450]

@@breakupgoogle4668 The only way blue origin will get to the moon is on an Elon Musk rocket.

[@aldcnights3431]

I don’t think virgin Galatic is very beneficial for people because they aren’t discovering anything new or sending satellites. SpaceX does send Satellites

[@aldcnights3431]

Also Virgin Galatic didn’t orbit, and it barely passed the “edge of space”. If Bezos Rocket orbits(and I think it might send satellites in the future not sure) it would be more of actually being in space because you orbited

[@lievenjoziasse2685]

1: Elon musk already wone a long time ago. 2: Suborbital flight is pathetic. 3: Space tourism is cool but not profitable.

[@jessez8503]

Elon hasn't actually been on any of his rockets

[@jessez8503]

@Balbazurk Was Here or maybe he doesn't have confidence in his own rockets.

[@neeljavia2965]

@@jessez8503 BS. His rockets already had 2 trips to the ISS.

[@jessez8503]

@@neeljavia2965 his rockets have had more than just two trips to the ISS. They had a lot of unmanned flights to the ISS before that. His rockets also do more than what these guys are going to do but you also have to admit that their is no bigger endorsement of your own tech that using it yourself. It's one thing to send a bunch of strangers to space on top of your "controlled explosion machine" and it's another to get on top of it yourself.

[@neeljavia2965]

@@jessez8503 Spacex doesn't need to do that. Plus they are not interested in space tourism anyways so no need to get common people into their rockets.

[@jam1870utube]

Hey everybody, is it me or do these two dueling space billionaires remind you of Austin Powers vs. Dr. Evil? “Yeah baby, yeah!”🤣😂

[@1885dr]

i’m glad blue origin is now being compared to virgin galactic,and not space x .

[@TheDaexiled1]

This is history, 2 different style ships and all civilian crews, (pilot exempt) and dreamers as kids, now billionaires have opened new space travel to all us civilians to experience

[@misterlove6225]

If blue origin's pilots are just as underpaid and badly treated as their delivery drivers, you'd better start praying

[@TheFatmexican621]

Blue origin doesn't have pilots.

[@TheJabbate1]

Good lord, I remember the World War Z book not so subtly hinted that the astronauts stranded in the ISS throughout the zombie war were rescued by Richard Branson's Spaceship One.

[@amicablesandeep85]

Virgin galactic looks more safe and realistic for commercial space flight , definitely it would be going to first choice for ppl who wants to travel space

[@keithmcknight7646]

Elon COULD send a Dragon2 capsule AROUND the moon and back aboard a Falcon Heavy (in fact that WAS the plan with the Japanese business guy before Starship came along). I think he still should do it OR just make 3 or more orbits around the earth in a dragon.

[@Quango1226]

FH isn't human certified nor is Starship yet

[@jackboot3946]

Dragon orbital passenger flight coming soon... (this year).

[@dwaynedouglasjohnson3606]

Thanks for your love and support I really appreciate, I'll like to know more about you,where are you from.?

[@HuntforMusic]

Elon could? Or all his unknown underlings could?

[@jackboot3946]

@@HuntforMusic It's a team effort, but Elon is the chief engineer, and more hands-on than most.

[@Xellius13]

Well Bezos’s ship is certainly…longer

[@rickardkaufman3988]

He surely is compensating for something.

[@auro1986]

if musk directs a falcon 9 towards both during flight?

[@billwilliams5889]

Branson’s Galactic sub-orbital flight went up 54 miles for 5 minutes. Alan Shepard’s 1959 version went up 104 miles for 15 minutes.

[@randallreed9048]

Both Branson and Bezos have built toys with a lot of flash and ego sizzles but little practical use and, at the very best, a murky path to future development. Do not anticipate future development from either Branson's high tech kite or Bezos' updated Mercury capsule. If you can't go orbital, you can't do squat.

[@angelmatos9143]

Bezos is running a 'model rocketry' effort while SpaceX is the new 'Area 51' in genius engineering.

[@utavtakt9361]

Imagine seeing this as a kid in the 80's-

[@Barca25644]

This is the kind of content we come here for. Great video man!

[@khez_]

Richard been talking about this for 15+ years 🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@neeljavia2965]

Yeah but atleast they are trying.

[@hendrikheim5665]

Have to start somewhere, besides Bezsos started before even Elon and it still took him ages.

[@theyredistortingyourrhythm]

Van Allen radiation belt

[@wethenorth783]

What u did last 15 years of ur life?

[@khez_]

@@wethenorth783 Procrastinate

[@YourMom-vl2sp]

Meanwhile I am here holding onto Dogecoin and waiting for the moon

[@makara2711]

where's ELON MUSK now? hahaha elon go home xD

[@MrFuentepj]

@@makara2711 Let's see, flying crews and cargo to the ISS, lauching satellites from other countries, creating a satellite internet service.

[@makara2711]

@@MrFuentepj not gonna happen, just like the underground road system thing that Elon confidently laid out :D

[@asajinto]

Virgin appears safer .! Landing is also smoother and it’s more comfortable.!

[@pokemonranger3950]

In the next century it'll be rich people showing off their own version of the death star

[@Larkinchance]

Branson's plane is like the early 50's X15 flights only he has super models for crew...

[@WOTArtyNoobs]

Given Branson's predilection for being handy-feely - that does not bode well for the crew!

[@davidjma7226]

History will remember Branson. No one remembers the guy who came second. Who was the first person who flew the Atlantic? Lindberg. Who was the second? He did it with a monoplane and did it after than Lindbergh. No one remembers his name. I rest my case.

[@q.e.d.9112]

Except he wasn’t. He was the first to do it solo but Alcock and Brown flew the Atlantic in 1919 in a WW1 era Vicker’s Vimy, a twin engined bomber.

[@monikakharel3784]

Wow, fascinating video! It's incredible to see the contrasting approaches of Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson in their space flights. Both pioneers pushing the boundaries of space exploration in their own unique ways. Can't wait to witness these historic moments! 🚀🌌

[@desertsoldier41]

Why Bezo's rocket give me Austin Powers flashbacks?

[@HieuChiLe]

Doesn’t one of the Rockets look phallic to you?

[@randyjax09]

I don’t think it’s by coincidence either.

[@shoutatthesky]

You know what they say about big rockets...

[@bobbobson4030]

Only if you want it to, Yummy ;)

[@EyeSEeYous]

“We need to go to space. It’s not optional” well it would be if humans were to care more about this planet. Instead of leaving your problems behind, you should deal with them. This planet has everything we need, it’s freaking beautiful. Why should we go in space and destroy another planet, instead of fixing our problems and saving this one.

[@costatron2810]

Corporation moment

[@arsalkahn6348]

Again, it takes a lot more preparation indeed with a rocketship, but then you will experience the beauty of an actual space aka universe with Blue origin if you go further up like 12 more miles ahead of Virgin galactic flight.

[@peredavi]

It is all awesome. Personally, I love the Virgin Galactic launch vehicle and the space vehicle. It is all a beginning to passenger space flight. I believe it will lead to quick passenger flights to locations on other side of world.

[@tl3139]

And Elon Musk flies past both of them waving hello! Well, not Elon. He's not crazy.

[@minanebular9410]

And Elon passing by with middle length DIY haircut by Grimes 🤣🤣

[@Ninus316]

Actually, Elon already passed both of them, and probably saying "been there; done that, and already making money."

[@hdaviator9181]

​@@Ninus316 Elon hasn't passed anything. NASA has already landed people on the moon and landed rovers on mars and other planets. And no force on this earth would make me get on a space X spacecraft. They are notoriously unreliable as opposed to VG and Blue Origin that have stuck to and developed the same spacecraft for years for maximum safety.

[@TypicalBlox]

@@hdaviator9181 "unreliable" you're joking right? falcon 9 has over 60 flights under it's belt and only like 3 have gone bad.

[@FollowmedowntheNumberWhole]

Those other blokes are just teenie weenies jelly of Musk’s Musky Elon. That’s what. They have no idea how pathetic they truly look. Elon doesn’t care what anyone thinks, he goes for what he knows to be right and true. I can actually admire Elon. I can’t say that about the other weaners here.

[@ultronhere4356]

A different perspective: a non American becomes the 1st commercial astronaut from USA's definition and an American becomes the 2nd from the international definition of space boundaries..

[@michaelhall7663]

"Ironic" just doesn't seem to cut it with this lol

[@ultronhere4356]

@@michaelhall7663 yes

[@theroach1012]

The Earth is spinning approximately at a thousand miles an hour at the equator. Both of these ships landed very close from where they took off. What's amazing is that during each of their flights the world forgot to spin.

[@DSB831]

Thumbnail looks like an 80s portrait of two super villains.

[@arrowheadtelecom6561]

America really needs Bezos rocket to self destruct up there

[@rohitroll2119]

Dear Jeff, please win the space race. And stay there. Don't come back.

[@johannes8346]

Jeff who?

[@TakashiNippon]

Why do u hate him, he made out lives easier with fast shipping. Great men move the world forward and this case for space travel, if u gonna hate men who are pursuing the cutting edge of science, u probably better off living in a mud hut or something

[@rohitroll2119]

@@TakashiNippon He's not great. Nothing he has done so far has added value or enriched lives. Destroying millions of livelihoods and subjecting hundreds others into slavery like conditions. He is probably the biggest contributor to the environmental damage and degradation we face now. In short, Satan in human form.

[@businessf2545]

@@rohitroll2119 What have you done? Nothing LOL

[@IllusiveDude]

@@rohitroll2119 I ve worked at an AMazon warehouse last summer. It really wasnt that bad, you wanna slave like conditions then try UPS . UPS was HORRIBLE

[@azaruddin5056]

I once saw a Russian documentary about Mig29 that plane can reach the same distance covered by virgin Galactic

[@SASHA1536]

touching the edge of space/outer atmosphere for few seconds could be labeled as anything but space travel.

[@lievenpetersen]

WSJ reporting on their Boss. I’m smelling conflict of interest.

[@Trappedclanyek]

Branson looks like CGI

[@trezenx]

he's the ghost of John McAfee

[@neeljavia2965]

@@trezenx Both look very similar.

[@psalm9166]

Jeff with his brother reminded me of Rainman.

[@crand20033]

Do I have to sign a disclaimer before boarding?

[@rockysage7760]

Billionaires not paying taxes and competing against each other to see who goes to space first.

[@cland49lsu1]

Im literally only watching this to not miss the opportunity to to see a billionaire evaporate in thin air.

[@Super_K]

They ordered the inside cam through Amazon but didn't arrive on time........

[@treefiddytwoo]

on his deathbed, my grandfather told me to go to space if i got the chance. so unless someone gives me a free ticket, i doubt i'd ever make it up there. i mean, based on these prices lol

[@savannahm.laurentian1286]

Is it me or does that Blue Origin rocket look literally over compensating?

[@RR-us2kp]

Not by that much. It's still small

[@regolith1350]

I find the petty squabbling about "where space begins" hilarious. Because while they jockey for "astronaut" bragging rights, lots of people (myself included) are of the opinion that none of them are (or will be) astronauts of any kind. Why? For the same reason people who ride in planes don't magically become pilots or aviators. People who ride in ships don't magically become captains or sailors. People who ride tourist spacecraft to the edge of space don't magically become astronauts. These people are all PASSENGERS. There's nothing wrong with being passengers, or tourists, but let's call things what they are. There are lots of terms we can use: space flyers, space tourists, spaceflight participants. Use any of them, but not astronaut, which means something specific. "Astronaut" is a profession and a vocation, not a travel destination. It's about years of training, discipline, commitment, mission responsibilities, etc. The term astronaut has 60 years of respect and admiration associated with it, which has been EARNED. Let's not dilute and cheapen it just so a handful of people can feel special. Real astronauts are already astronauts even if they haven't yet been to space. Passengers & tourists are not astronauts even if they have.

[@Rentalhunters]

POINT TAKEN 👍

[@BravoCheesecake]

I think Astro-tourists sounds cool

[@mihicakhare242]

Yeah...just because air hostesses travel with the airplane doesn't mean they are passengers, they have serious responsibilities in critical situations

[@silo3com]

Henceforth, they shall be dubbed "floaters".

[@willre00]

I tend to agree, but flying into space is far more dangerous than any of the activities you listed

[@INXIETE]

I would prefer Galatic if I’m just orbiting earth. Smoother landing

[@saminyasaranabil1238]

6:14 I was wondering what are those things clinging down his cupboard!

[@arsalkahn6348]

That said, I have to say Branson's virgin galactic looks safer because it's like a commercial plane carrying you half the way, then the propellers push you further up for literally 2-3 minutes more and you are done. That's a smart move. It's a lot more risky to go right up in a rocket ship.

[@Hikayuhuy]

No propellers once Unity is deployed. Unity is powered by a single hybrid rocket motor, which means they're both rocket propelled.

[@chundrugopalakrishnachowda4228]

Both are rockets , virgin takes more time to reach

[@OUTTAIDEAS88]

Jeff's rocket is a mess. The Virgin experience would probably be amazing in a few years.

[@yachtboy6756]

Might be kind of embarrassing to go on Bezos' rocket

[@TheEmmp]

The comments and replies are more informative than the video itself!