Despite SpaceX cancelling their Falcon 9 launch, the company is very confident about its future success. So confident than they have put the rocket into mass production. A new space race has evolved in these modern times with Blue Origin as the main competitor. Whether they can keep up with Elon Musk will remain to be seen.
SPACEX CANCELS ROCKET LAUNCH LAST MINUTE
2016 has been the year of SpaceX. The private space company has had more planned launches this year than ever before. It is for that reason they are mass producing their prized Falcon 9 rocket. Within all this success have been a couple minor slip ups. The most recent coming on February 26th when SpaceX cancelled their rocket launch last minute. The reasons for this haven’t been released as of yet, but one can assume the Falcon 9 was somewhat being rushed into space. Why the haste? Well, for those unaware a new space race has emerged.
BLUE ORIGIN IGNITES SPACE RIVALRY
Before Blue Origin entered the scene, SpaceX was supreme. This all changed last November when Blue Origin launched a rocket into orbit and then back on dry land. Since then, the two have been neck and neck. Following that success, the Falcon 9 quickly showed off its moves by mimicking the Blue Origin landing. Musk has proven himself to the new kid on the block, but that only fueled Blue Origin’s competitive spirit. The two have been in a series of one-upping each other ever since, but it seems like the SpaceX and the Falcon 9 will pull away.
THE RACE WILL BE WON IN SPACE
It’s impressive that Blue Origin can compete so closely with Elon Musk, but in the nature of any space race, what truly matters is the great abyss. Musk and his prized Falcon 9 have no less than 46 separate missions planned over the next few years. This puts its main competition far behind, but one shouldn’t necessarily rule them out yet. One fact is for sure, though. Lockheed and Boeing have their days numbered. Their lack of innovation and reality certainly isn’t helping them or NASA anytime soon. And so it begins. The beginning of privatized space. Investors are already drooling at the possibilities.
