Billionaire Space Race
from Vegan Steven Podcast Hosted by vegansteven
The #billionairespacerace [2][3][4] is the intense rivalry in NewSpace by recent space entrepreneurs, who entered the space industry as billionaires[citation needed] from other industries, particularly computing.[5][6] This private industry space race of the 21st century involves sending rockets to the ionosphere (mesosphere and thermosphere), orbital launch rockets, and suborbital tourist spaceflights.[7] weki Amongst the billionaires entering into NewSpace are: South-African-Canadian-American billionaire ElonMusk,[3] behind #SpaceX and a project to colonize Mars.[4][1] American billionaire Jeff Bezos, behind #BlueOrigin and establishing a true industrial base in space.[4][2][1] British billionaire Richard Branson,[3] behind Virgin Galactic/Virgin Orbit and space tourism, low-cost small orbital launchers, and intercontinental suborbital transit.[4][2][1] Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, backing the Breakthrough Starshot project for an interstellar probe.[5]
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