Disaster! Blue Origin HUMILIATES itself! =========== *)HUGE THANKS TO: https://www.space.com/ *) SOURCE OF MUSIC: -.Mokka - No Copyright Music: null -Sirius Beat - The Cosmos Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkg08NvtvBU -Chill Mind: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUOaC09DgiZUrpQRvYeQkQA *) SOURCES OF VIDEO AND IMAGES: -Bezos Earth Fund: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9WoIAS_7MVkZwZix0dLw -CBS Mornings: null -@JaneidyEve: https://twitter.com/JaneidyEve -Caelan Animation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ShGWcZ5g8voPwxhudXHpg -Now You Know: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMFmrcGuFNu_59L0pHcR0OA -Spaceflight Now: null --Starship Gazer: null https://twitter.com/StarshipGazer https://www.patreon.com/StarshipGazer -Everyday Astronaut: null -@CosmicalChief: https://twitter.com/CosmicalChief https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTumYZ2RxFOKL-GdUyENWkQ -What about it!?: https://twitter.com/FelixSchlang https://www.patreon.com/whataboutit null -Groundtruth: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRbTe8o0ZfQs2EGBULLDUzg https://twitter.com/GroundTruthPics -Project Road to Mars: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBIumwk1oar1CEbgUybw1tA https://twitter.com/RoadToMarsX https://www.patreon.com/roadtomars https://roadtomars.page/ -JennyHPhoto: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoVTCIIpWeI5aqukdinQuyQ https://twitter.com/JennyHPhoto -Jessica Kirsh: null https://twitter.com/jessica_kirsh -Velin Filipov: https://twitter.com/velin3d/media ============== Disaster! Blue Origin HUMILIATES itself! These days, it feels as though billionaire-backed space companies are launching off Earth all the time. However, there is an exception! It’s Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin! Why does Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin seem to be in the hot seat? There is a short but concise explanation given: it is because Blue Origin has humiliated itself! This may sound weird but true! How specifically? Let's get started on today's episode of Alpha Tech! Disaster! Blue Origin HUMILIATES itself! Let's start this drama with Blue Origin's July flight. This flight certainly didn't mark the first time that Blue Origin got major media attention. But the fact that it was a crewed launch (with a crew that included Bezos himself), and its temporal proximity to Virgin Galactic's crewed suborbital launch with its founder Richard Branson just over a week beforehand, shone a brighter light on the company. Disaster! Blue Origin HUMILIATES itself! Ignoring all the wrong attention about flight costs or who benefits, Bezos' behaviors and competitive infographics put out by Blue Origin at that time have prompted criticism of the company. head of Blue Origin's crewed suborbital flight, the company published the first of several infographics that could be labeled "competitive" in the most polite of terms. Disaster! Blue Origin HUMILIATES itself! This first infographic, which Blue Origin tweeted July 9, displayed a side-by-side comparison showing the differences between Virgin Galactic's suborbital ride, called SpaceShipTwo, and Blue Origin's New Shepard. The infographic was posted just two days before Virgin Galactic's crewed suborbital flight on July 11. Disaster! Blue Origin HUMILIATES itself! Among the many attributes Blue Origin listed in the infographic, it specifically pointed to the fact that Blue Origin's flight would reach above the Karman line, an internationally recognized boundary of space 62 miles above Earth, while Virgin Galactic's flight would only reach above 50 miles, an altitude that merits astronaut wings by U.S. government agencies. This infographic was followed by additional infographics that have poked at other space companies. For example, the latest one, which the company published on its website, called SpaceX's Starship deep-space vehicle "immensely complex" and "heightened risk." As Eric Berger said, "His [Bezos'] public relations tactic of employing infographics critical of SpaceX seems ham-fisted and tone deaf." Disaster! Blue Origin HUMILIATES itself!