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Jeff Bezos is about to become the richest man in space. But how does his flight (and Blue Originā€™s New Shepard rocket) line up against the other billionaires duking it out in space? Subscribe to CNET: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on TikTok:

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Jeff Bezos is about to become the richest man in space. But how does his flight (and Blue Originā€™s New Shepard rocket) line up against the other billionaires duking it out in space?

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98 Comments

  1. 6478 Gault

    July 16, 2021 at 1:34 pm

    Nasa

  2. MAMAN CONSTRUCTION

    July 16, 2021 at 1:39 pm

    I am šŸ˜¹

  3. Knight King

    July 16, 2021 at 1:40 pm

    ā€œBillionaire Private Space raceā€ more accurately, since both Jeff and Richard isnā€™t directly funded. Well maybe indirectly, but thatā€™s another story.

  4. Blender Study

    July 16, 2021 at 2:14 pm

    Thank you for the update, CNET..!! Theyā€™re the coolest billionaires..!!

  5. Robert Fox

    July 16, 2021 at 2:56 pm

    Thank you!

  6. FLEXCOPE INC.

    July 16, 2021 at 3:04 pm

    Analogy to the Meatloaf song sells.

  7. Matty sopp

    July 16, 2021 at 3:09 pm

    Bezos and Branson are doing it for themselves, Musk not so much.

    • Tech4now

      July 16, 2021 at 6:17 pm

      They are all doing it for lucrative gov contracts 1st

  8. Polyanne Batista Ribeiro

    July 16, 2021 at 3:10 pm

    According to the World Food Programme, more than 2.5 billion people did not have access to sufficiently nutritious food this last year, and one in five children now face stunted growth. And billionaires are playing in space as if everything is fine. I donā€™t mind you being rich and all, but splashing your wealth in other peopleā€™s faces during the most tragic event of our generation is just selfish and cruel.

  9. Poker Joker

    July 16, 2021 at 3:29 pm

    The Challenger tragedy? Duplicate that for Bezos and Branson. Musk is alright.

  10. Trung Nguyen

    July 16, 2021 at 4:02 pm

    Branson is winning until New Glenn flies

  11. LĆ©o Blouin

    July 16, 2021 at 4:52 pm

    In 2011 Guy Laliberte went to space for 35 million and 12 days, I think heā€™s the first billionaire in spacešŸ¤”šŸ¤”

  12. ThisSiteDont LikeMe

    July 16, 2021 at 5:08 pm

    Bezos should not call his ship Blue Origin rather the Purple Helmet

  13. NatiReviews

    July 16, 2021 at 5:11 pm

    Elon is actually an engineer and he knows what heā€™s doing.

    The other 2 are just filthy rich people that are going up there cause of how hard their employers bled and worked

  14. mickobee

    July 16, 2021 at 5:14 pm

    What you on about? Richards already been šŸ˜‚

  15. Random Kindness

    July 16, 2021 at 7:30 pm

    all three have companies worth billionsā€¦ so theyā€™re all winning..

  16. WiSkify

    July 16, 2021 at 7:43 pm

    Millions of Americans are facing eviction. This is uncouth, and it does not benefit society. Humanity loses.

  17. Will Lee

    July 16, 2021 at 8:01 pm

    WHO CARES? Billionairesā€¦..

  18. prdamico

    July 16, 2021 at 9:08 pm

    who cares ????

  19. Andy UK

    July 16, 2021 at 11:14 pm

    This feels like a historic event that has already played out with tragic consequences;I hope Iā€™m wrong. Richard Bransonā€™s Spaceplane only has one working part,if you discount the launcher,whereas Blue Origin has so many stages that can go wrong. Add into the mix an 18 year old student, former Mercury trained astronaut Wally Funk and his own brother and it just sounds like the headlines have already been written. Whether Richard Branson reached the international definition of space is the least of his worries.

  20. Unforgettable Big Band

    July 16, 2021 at 11:14 pm

    Jeff Who?

  21. Electro

    July 17, 2021 at 12:07 am

    Elysium is closer

  22. Zack Fallon

    July 17, 2021 at 12:35 am

    Above sea level not above earth

  23. Joe Morello

    July 17, 2021 at 12:42 am

    The expensive jet, joyride most likely end up as the Concorde jet did! To expensive to operate because no one will pay the ridiculous, ticket price once the hype is over. We have to see how blue origin demonstration goes, but the no pilot part is dangerous. šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦šŸ™‚

  24. O E

    July 17, 2021 at 1:27 am

    Hopefully Bezos wonā€™t experience a premature ejection (Blue Balls Bezos) šŸ„¶šŸ

  25. Christopher

    July 17, 2021 at 1:34 pm

    Donā€™t let Elon go to space yet heā€™s too important. Itā€™s not safe enough.

    • S A G E

      July 17, 2021 at 6:00 pm

      Facts. The only time elon should go to space is when thereā€™s a city on mars. Hopefully in his lifetime. But he rlly is too importantšŸ˜‚

  26. username taken

    July 17, 2021 at 1:41 pm

    Mayhe if bezos, Branson and musk could be bothered to pay the taxes thatbi hsve to.. like 30%ā€¦ then maybe they might have a valid point. Until tjen, thry are all a pointless waste of space.

  27. Opal Scale Productions

    July 17, 2021 at 1:51 pm

    Instead of curing the world of hunger or homelessness, or killing cancer forever, they chose to go into orbit for their own personal desires, and NOT for the betterment of mankind. Yeah, what a great human being. . . .

    • ScropioKing X

      July 17, 2021 at 6:15 pm

      no, the only think we need a cure for is baldness

  28. kydrythm

    July 17, 2021 at 1:52 pm

    If it exploded on the launch pad it wouldnā€™t be the worst thing ever.

  29. username taken

    July 17, 2021 at 1:53 pm

    The richest wanker on the planet.

  30. Quino

    July 17, 2021 at 2:45 pm

    If I had spent 28 millions $ for this, I wouldnā€™t care about a scheduling conflict šŸ™‚

  31. Keny Monge

    July 17, 2021 at 3:13 pm

    @

  32. woody would

    July 17, 2021 at 4:29 pm

    Did he invite any minorities along for the ride?

  33. Liberal Penguin

    July 17, 2021 at 5:17 pm

    Heā€™s not going to make it, itā€™s going to end up bad.

  34. Muse Inglis

    July 17, 2021 at 5:34 pm

    Finally, E.T. will be going back home! šŸ›ø
    This has been his plan all alongā€¦to conquer earth by financial means & finance his return flight back to Planet X!
    Have a safe return home šŸ§³šŸ‘½! šŸ‘‹
    šŸ˜‚

  35. Paul

    July 17, 2021 at 6:03 pm

    Letā€™s be honest does anyone really care

  36. ScropioKing X

    July 17, 2021 at 6:15 pm

    instead of putting man in space, on moon, on mars etc etc. HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS FIRST PUT HAIR ON TOP OF A MANS HEAD!!! thats way more important and should be easier to do! this just confirms and science is a scam and everything is staged and not real. how cant they put hair on a mans head in 2021!!!!!!

  37. bukovinian

    July 17, 2021 at 6:51 pm

    So Branson was just edging? While Bezos will fully release into space for 3 min?

  38. Matti Carattini

    July 17, 2021 at 6:52 pm

    Hope a ā€œtragedyā€ ensues

  39. ŁƒŁ„Ų§ ŁƒŁ„Ų§ Ł„Ł„ŲØŲ§Ų·Ł„

    July 17, 2021 at 7:59 pm

    Jeff Bezos is a criminal because he is collaborating with the criminal US Army.

  40. Fabrizio Canazza

    July 17, 2021 at 8:05 pm

    itā€™s a shame that ppl make the world so polluted with these garbage ideas , itā€™s a pity , sincerely. Really sad.

  41. King is Humble

    July 17, 2021 at 9:11 pm

    I have a feeling this Space flight is going to go really wrong

    • S AV

      July 17, 2021 at 11:00 pm

      Well, if it does. Itā€™s good bye to Amazon and mass job loss worldwide.

  42. 88 Scorpiana

    July 17, 2021 at 9:43 pm

    Lies

  43. Zenclicks

    July 17, 2021 at 10:01 pm

    3 minutes is to short my girlfriend would leave me if i was that Quick šŸ˜†

  44. UUB Repus

    July 17, 2021 at 10:28 pm

    Elon the only billionaire that is afraid to die.. speaks alot about him

  45. Danny P

    July 17, 2021 at 11:55 pm

    But it looks like a giantā€¦..

  46. Steven Medina

    July 18, 2021 at 12:34 am

    We need magneto hydro dynamic propulsion, not chemical fuels

  47. Borombo Tojoki

    July 18, 2021 at 12:53 am

    3 things to be the winner,
    -Be the first
    -Be smart
    -Cheat

    _ Branson wins.

  48. Neville P. Walker

    July 18, 2021 at 1:25 am

    Cheap!!! Real astronauts train for years and need a heat shield for re-entry.

  49. Unfound fish

    July 18, 2021 at 8:38 am

    My dad sent me thus

  50. Pamela Lafferty

    July 18, 2021 at 9:25 am

    I want them all to be successful jeff bezos, Richard Branson , Elon musk humanities future.

  51. suzi Manipur

    July 18, 2021 at 11:08 am

    šŸ‘šŸŒ¹

  52. Steve King

    July 18, 2021 at 12:48 pm

    Giant floating space homes! Billionaires and millionaires live in space while climate change ravages the earthā€¦.Itā€™s time to eat the rich.

  53. Luke Solomon

    July 18, 2021 at 1:05 pm

    I hope he doesnā€™t come back.

  54. Rhea Belltower

    July 18, 2021 at 1:21 pm

    I hope he stays up there.

  55. Joel Fombellida

    July 18, 2021 at 1:37 pm

    HEY JEFF, YOUR STEP FATHER IS CUBAN ,SO WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ABOUT CUBAN PEOPLE GENOCIDE BY THE COMUNIST GOBERMENT?? THE WORLD IS LISTENING!!!

  56. Dell Account

    July 18, 2021 at 2:26 pm

    What a time to be alive. We all got to witness the pioneers of this whole thing.

  57. Richard Danials

    July 18, 2021 at 2:47 pm

    Wwll bezos treats his amazon staff like crap

  58. Richard Danials

    July 18, 2021 at 2:48 pm

    Wot a hero NOT

  59. Richard Danials

    July 18, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    Dont think i would want to land on the ground

  60. Richard Danials

    July 18, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    He pulled out because he didnt want to die probably got a ticket from branson or space x

  61. Richard Danials

    July 18, 2021 at 2:51 pm

    Actually it was 50,000 feet before they dropped

  62. Richard Danials

    July 18, 2021 at 2:51 pm

    Yes but space x went higher suck on that bezos

  63. Richard Danials

    July 18, 2021 at 2:53 pm

    See muskbdidnt trust bezos suck on it jeff

  64. Richard Danials

    July 18, 2021 at 2:53 pm

    Always last

  65. Rory King

    July 18, 2021 at 3:54 pm

    This video showed the starshipā€™s that crashed, but not SN15, they shouldā€™ve put that one in. Virgin, and Blue Origin have nothing on SpaceX. And soon the Inspiration flight will send space tourist into orbit via a SpaceX Falcon9 in a Dragon capsule. If I had the money, I would go the SpaceX route be theyā€™re actually going to send Space tourist into orbit.

  66. kim towne

    July 18, 2021 at 4:12 pm

    Doesnā€™t matter who Flys higher, what matters is that both companies make it into space and back again safely again and again, my best wishes for you both

  67. Christopher Webber

    July 18, 2021 at 6:04 pm

    1 in 260 rockets has a critical failure, come on baby.

  68. Greg

    July 18, 2021 at 6:36 pm

    Not exactly a liked individual.

  69. Herr Wahnsinn

    July 18, 2021 at 6:58 pm

    And either of these fraud larping, pathological lying fake billionaires are not flying at an altitude that is even considered space by most governments. The joke is on you if you believe anything these fraud say or their news media.

  70. Theflyingcandleguy Me

    July 18, 2021 at 7:37 pm

    Jeff is playing ego games. Anything long term is going to come from Elon.

  71. Jg235

    July 18, 2021 at 8:15 pm

    His ship exploding would change the world for the better, less enslavement and poverty.

  72. rbrtck

    July 18, 2021 at 10:25 pm

    This is only a little higher than Branson went. Bezos should buy a ticket on the Dragon 2 and Falcon 9 to beat both Branson and Musk to orbital flight and the ISS.

  73. Ed Melillo

    July 18, 2021 at 10:40 pm

    Just making a scumbag more richer

  74. David Shamiri

    July 19, 2021 at 2:37 am

    Americans dont know kilometers

  75. David Shamiri

    July 19, 2021 at 2:39 am

    Branson went up 53 miles Bezos will go around 65 miles up

  76. Sasha Fofana

    July 19, 2021 at 3:08 am

    Why donā€™t u spend your money taking care of your employees instead

  77. Aaron Rose

    July 19, 2021 at 3:12 am

    Such a small amount of that šŸ’²would change my life forever

  78. Robin Shepard

    July 19, 2021 at 4:35 am

    Best šŸ‘ ever šŸ€ā˜ļøšŸ‡ŗšŸ‡²šŸ‘ŒšŸŒ¹šŸš€šŸ˜™šŸ’

  79. A B

    July 19, 2021 at 8:44 am

    good take amazon with yoju

  80. Mc001Rem002

    July 19, 2021 at 11:14 am

    Plandemic escape practice

  81. DORAEMON

    July 19, 2021 at 11:21 am

    He will be the first richest man on the planet leaving this planet.

  82. ranjit bhosale

    July 19, 2021 at 11:51 am

    Iā€™m here in the comment section only to see if there is any comment about that ladyā€™s nose and lips.

  83. Cornbreadfed Kirkpatrick

    July 19, 2021 at 1:00 pm

    At least the brothers get along, unlike super-rich brat and his trillionaire brother the one daddy really prefers shocker not, oh I seen the so-called Tesla car not impressed looks like a knock off a car to me and it was heavily tinted and is illegal by the way and according to the news everyone that is driving them are actually sleeping now I why this one has extra tint

  84. Cornbreadfed Kirkpatrick

    July 19, 2021 at 1:08 pm

    my sister just ask me her roots need to be touched up, what?

  85. Nicolo Schultz

    July 19, 2021 at 1:37 pm

    šŸ„ tip

  86. ckosmah 21

    July 19, 2021 at 2:59 pm

    Thereā€™s something fishy ..

  87. Michael Baker

    July 19, 2021 at 3:05 pm

    Is he going to actually go into space, or is he just going to fly HIGH like Branson? The difference is whether the vehicle has to reenter earthā€™s atmosphere ā€“ the dangerous part.

  88. ClammyHands

    July 19, 2021 at 4:41 pm

    The booster is named Super heavyā€¦. not the Falcon Heavy, thatā€™s a completely different rocketā€¦..

  89. Thanh Thang

    July 19, 2021 at 5:29 pm

    Yeah he want to be on top of the world, he may not coning back to earth.

  90. Loafus Cramwell

    July 19, 2021 at 6:15 pm

    Doesnā€™t matter how high you go, technically you still wonā€™t be the first, sorry Dr evil

  91. jonathan tran

    July 19, 2021 at 7:05 pm

    i hope he gets stuck there šŸ˜šŸ˜

  92. AlphaDogX25

    July 19, 2021 at 7:25 pm

    I guess going to the MOON isnā€™t a thing anymoreā€¦

  93. Lucian Corvus

    July 19, 2021 at 11:16 pm

    Bezos & ā€˜The Big Clubā€™ seeking the ultimate ā€˜Corp. Tax Havenā€™ ā€¦
    If by ā€˜accidentā€™ they achieve ā€˜Negative Returnā€™ it will be a permanent
    one! A righteous consequence of ā€˜Conspicuous Consumptionā€™.

  94. noirdesire

    July 20, 2021 at 12:44 am

    Branson technically didnt make passed the KƔrmƔn line. Branson went to 50 miles and the internationally agreed altitude is 62 miles

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