{"id":17527,"date":"2021-07-09T20:59:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T12:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-fuels-feud-with-richard-bransons-virgin-galactic-over-suborbital-space-trips\/"},"modified":"2021-07-09T20:59:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T12:59:11","slug":"jeff-bezos-blue-origin-fuels-feud-with-richard-bransons-virgin-galactic-over-suborbital-space-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-fuels-feud-with-richard-bransons-virgin-galactic-over-suborbital-space-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin fuels feud with Richard Branson\u2019s Virgin Galactic over suborbital space trips"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How serious could the suborbital space race between Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos get? (GeekWire Photos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jeff Bezos has a longstanding rivalry with SpaceX\u2019s Elon Musk, but now his Blue Origin space venture is upping the ante in its spat with fellow soon-to-be space traveler Richard Branson\u2019s Virgin Galactic \u2014 and the Twitterverse is not amused.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s escalation from Blue Origin came in the form of a tweet drawing distinctions between a suborbital ride on its New Shepard spaceship and Virgin Galactic\u2019s SpaceShipOne rocket plane.<\/p>\n

The tweet\u2019s infographic noted that New Shepard would fly above the 100-kilometer (62-mile) altitude that is currently considered the international boundary of outer space, while New Shepard\u2019s target altitude is 50 miles, which is accepted by the Federal Aviation Administration as astronaut territory. New Shepard\u2019s other advantages \u2014 including the size of its windows \u2014 were noted as well:<\/p>\n