SpaceX has become a veritable empire, without equal…for now! Jeff BezosJeff Bezos With his company Blue Origin, he bides his time patiently, carefully. His own kingdom enjoys a quiet power, very different from his own. SpaceXSpaceXdriven by the passion of its founder. Elon MuskElon Muska “friend” (or influencer) of Donald Trump, and a formidable opponent of Jeff Bezos, including the position of the world’s richest man.
The Great War, and the Darwinism of Space Ecosystems
Is the commercial space just an eternal war of billionaires? All American companies are growing. The rocketThe rocket With high potential only seem to survive in this state, unless they inherit a certain inertia with a catalog of launches full of juicy government contracts, such as United Launch Alliance (ULA). But it’s not forever. ULA has even been threatened with being bought by Jeff Bezos, according to some.
There are many. startstart Aiming to be the future ULA or the future SpaceX. But many have already thrown in the towel or are still in the middle of the cross, sometimes losing billions of dollars, like Relativity Space, which has seen a steep decline in value even though it calls itself Elon’s company. were positioned as real competitors. In this the fieldthe fieldJeff Bezos with Blue Origin remains the favorite to keep SpaceX’s dominance alive, even to title it and, why not, end it.
New Glenn, the key to success
At a height of 98 meters, its first Reusable flooringReusable flooring And the capabilities are twice that of SpaceX’s Falcon 9. Rocket New GlenRocket New Glen Jeff Bezos’ main tool for attacking Elon Musk’s power. For more than twenty years, he supported its growth by injecting billions of dollars from his personal wealth. This patient development – years behind schedule – has made it possible to develop the New Shepard, a small reusable single-stage rocket that can send tourists into space for a few minutes.
Twenty-five new Shepard flights since 2015, including one failure (fortunately with no casualties, the capsule was empty that day), demonstrate solid experience in flight and reuse. This includes the maturation of new Glenn engines. The BE-4, which powers the first stage, has already flown twice last year as Blue Origin supplies ULA with engines for the first stage of its Vulcan rocket. So the engine is already satisfactory, The eyesThe eyes of the Pentagon, a valuable guarantor and a potentially important future customer of Blue Origin.
New Glen is ready to enter the world. Its manifest is full to bursting, enough to speed up the rate, which will make it less expensive to compete with SpaceX’s prices due to mass deployment of satellites. StarlinkStarlink. Blue Origin will be able to do the same, as the company also has a mega-constellation of satellites to deploy: from CaperAmazonAmazonAnother asset of Jeff Bezos. As such, New Glenn acquits itself admirably well of starship. Both will redefine space access codes.
Bezos’ Space Galaxy
New Glenn isn’t the American billionaire’s only tool of attack. Blue Origin is developing the Blue Ring, a vehicle that brings satellites closer to their final orbits, and rescues them. Life expectancyLife expectancy Coffee (in high demand today). It’s also a valuable asset for proximity tactics, a skill the Pentagon likes to counter Chinese threats.
Blue Origin is also developing a lunar lander called Blue Moon, which has been commandeered. NASANASA Artemis does not rely on Joe for missions StarshipStarshipA redundancy that could be called into question with the arrival of Elon Musk in the US government. For a time, Blue Origin was even creating a future. Space stationSpace station Commercial, orbital reef, proposed to succeed.ISSISS. But the project was shelved to prioritize resources on New Glen.
Eventually, Jeff Bezos plans to compete with Starlink. The constellationThe constellation Kuiper (initially 3,478 satellites), which will provide high-speed communications service. speedspeed And better access to other online services launched by Jeff Bezos: Amazon, Prime, and AWS Cloud, which has about 1.5 million business customers.
Survivor “Trump II”
The next few years will be very important for Jeff Bezos, a supporter of the Democrats. His rivalry with Elon Musk, a key Trump supporter and future member of his administration, won’t help matters. However, K The galaxyThe galaxy Bezos’ place transcends the US presidency. Bezos has plenty of reserves to take on SpaceX while maintaining friendly relations with the US government. Bezos also donated $1 million to the inaugural event organization.
Jeff Bezos has all the cards to take on Elon Musk and SpaceX on all fronts, including the vision of a multi-planet humanity shared by the two billionaires. Bezos’ advantage is beyond all his prudence, on the contraryEccentricityEccentricity That Musk today has created conflicts, misinformation, support for the “reactionary international” criticized by Emmanuel Macron, and international interference by obstructing Donald Trump’s path and driving friendly countries into China’s arms. Multiplying.
It’s not known how long Musk will play the role, which is often compared to Howard Hughes’ Madness. It’s unclear how SpaceX will emerge as a winner from Trump’s latest presidency. Will Musk one day bring his companies with him? One thing is more certain: Jeff Bezos will survive this, and New Glenn’s success carries a lot of weight.EqualityEquality.
