It seems the long-running feud between Elon Musk and fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos has surpassed the decrease Earth orbit and gone extra-terrestrial. After Bezos’s Blue Origin challenged a NASA contract to Musk’s SpaceX for growing a lander to take astronauts to the Moon for the primary time since 1972, Musk known as out Bezos on social media. But now, he’s taking a extra frontal route, bluntly telling the Amazon founder to dedicate extra time to achieve the orbit than submitting lawsuits. “You cannot sue your way to the Moon,” Musk mentioned throughout an interview not too long ago.
Their rivalry spans extra than simply the coveted NASA contract. Blue Origin has additionally protested SpaceX’s Starlink challenge with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
During the interview on the Code convention in Los Angeles, journalist Kara Swisher requested him how he felt about Bezos suing SpaceX over the NASA contract. Musk mentioned, “I think he should put more of his energy into getting to orbit than lawsuits. You cannot sue your way to the Moon. No matter how good your lawyers are.”
“So why isn’t Bezos doing that”, Swisher requested. To which, Musk mentioned he does not know.
In April, the American house company determined to award the contract to construct the lunar lander – dubbed the Human Landing System (HLS) – to a single entity, as a substitute of selecting two firms. In this case, it was SpaceX. Blue Origin objected to the choice but it surely failed. The firm then sued NASA, alleging that the company unjustly granted the contract to Musk-owned SpaceX.
Amazon then turned the warmth on the Starlink challenge, following which Musk tweeted in late August, “Turns out Bezos retired in order to pursue a full-time job filing lawsuits against SpaceX.”
Turns out Besos retired so as to pursue a full-time job submitting lawsuits towards SpaceX …
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 27, 2021
During the interview, Swisher requested Musk whether or not he had talked to Bezos concerning the lawsuits. He mentioned cryptically, “Not verbally, just… subtweets.”
He was additionally requested concerning the tourism factor in house exploration that solely billionaires may afford. Musk defended the house firms, who’re charging a hefty price for a seat on their spacecraft, saying when cellphones have been invented some folks paid for these costly devices initially and that is why they’re cheap now and all people can afford them. Asked whether or not we should always thank billionaires for going to house, Musk mentioned, “It doesn’t have to be on top of your Thank You-list. I am saying that when there is new technology it is necessarily expensive.”