WTF Is Going On?
Bezos and Branson bicker over where exactly space starts
The billionaires have taken to Twitter to throw cosmic shade on each other's astronautical aspirations
25 July 2021 - 00:01
Despite the fact that more than 165,000 people signed a petition to keep Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos floating indefinitely in space after he launched himself into the heady ether for 10 minutes on Tuesday, he took no notice of the little people and returned to Earth. He is now the third super-rich guy to play rocket ship, rocket ship on a very public platform...
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