Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin Galactic out-maneuvered Bezos to be the first billionaire flying into space. Bezos announced his July 20th space mission. Then Branson launched his own rocket-powered plane 9 days before Bezos’ New Shepherd took off.
And an angry Bezos tweeted that Blue Origin was better than Virgin Galactic. Even though Virgin Galactic had flown humans into space on three occasions. And Blue Origin was still flying uncrewed missions.
In the meantime, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is years ahead of them both in space accomplishments.
Bezos safe return still gets backlash on Twitter
These comments received a lot of backlash across the Twitter sphere. Most commenters noted that despite Bezos safe return his statement seemed disrespectful to Amazon employees and customers alike.
Geez, I've met Amazon employees who had trouble paying for rent and food. Why would they willingly pay for the richest man in the world to have a little space jaunt? Unless…it…wasn't willingly, was it.
— SpersJR (@Frantically2) July 20, 2021
— Casey Ho (@CaseyHo) July 20, 2021
