Richard Branson beats Jeff Bezos in space launch. But all of humanity loses. Chandra Steele
UPDATE (July 11, 2021, 12:15 p.m. ET): This piece has been updated to reflect that Richard Branson reached space on his Virgin Galactic rocket Sunday.
The space race used to be between superpowers, but now it’s between the super-rich and everyone else. Last month, Jeff Bezos announced that soon after leaving behind the role of CEO of Amazon, he’d be leaving Earth, too.
Bezos is taking a seat on his own space shuttle, New Shepard, on July 20. He has certainly earned it, in the sense that he has paid for it by starting the aerospace company, Blue Origin, that will bring him into outer space. Though he’s set to achieve his boyhood dream, he won’t be the first billionaire who has funded his own launch of a few fleeting moments in space.
Richard Branson beats Jeff Bezos in space launch But all of humanity loses
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