World News Headlines July 11, 2021 Under One Ceiling 0 Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is really proud of its ‘largest windows in space’ 0 0000 0 0 more Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is really proud of its ‘largest windows in space’ July 11, 2021 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options July 11, 2021 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day July 11, 2021 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason July 11, 2021 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 July 11, 2021 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas July 11, 2021 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience July 11, 2021 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men July 11, 2021 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine July 11, 2021 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal July 11, 2021 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found July 11, 2021 Under One Ceiling Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is really proud of its ‘largest windows in space’ Blue Origin wants to make sure you know about its windows. The company, owned by multi-billionaire and now former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, intends to send rich tourists to space and is not at all like Virgin Galactic — a company founded by billionaire Richard Branson which plans to eventually send rich tourists to space. That’s the message made loud and clear by Blue Origin in a series of tweets Friday which attempt to draw a distinction between the two companies. Specifically, Blue Origin highlighted all the ways its offering is presumably superior. Notably, those include the following: Blue Origin’s New Shepard capsule is perched atop a rocket, while Virgin Galactic offers a ride in some kind of space plane. The Blue Origin capsule takes tourists to approximately 100 kilometers of elevation, while Virgin Galactic’s plane reportedly reaches heights of around 80 kilometers. According to National Geographic, NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. Air Force, and NOAA, space technically starts at around the 80 kilometer mark. And, perhaps most importantly of all, Blue Origin’s New Shepard capsule has the “largest windows in space.” Tweet may have been deleted While admittedly having large windows on a space tourism ride does sound nice, it’s unclear if the view offered by Virgin Galactic will be inferior. Virgin Galactic is set to take off on July 11, with Blue Origin’s New Capsule is timed to depart on July 20. It is true, to be fair, that the methods of conveyance offered by Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic are quite different. Take a look. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceshipTwo on a test flight in 2018. Credit: GENE BLEVINS / getty Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc. and founder of Blue Origin LLC, speaks at the unveiling of the Blue Origin New Shepard system during the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Bezos has been reinvesting money he made at Amazon since he started his space exploration company more than a decade ago, and has plans to launch paying tourists into space within two years. Photographer: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg via Getty Images Credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images But as long as they both get paying tourists to space and safely back home again, it’ll be up to those forking over the (huge amounts of) cash to decide if one is inherently better than the other. Related Related posts: Israel announces successful launch of new spy satellite tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous Netflix offers a first peek at where 'The Witcher' Season 2 will go next Sulli Deals: Dozens of Muslim women in India found they had been put up for sale online
