The key difference is actually in the landing. Virgin Galactic will land smoothly like an airplane. Blue Origin will eject all passengers to land just on time at their own doorsteps. Their families will instantly receive a notification indicating "delivered".

Jeff Bezos: My brother's going with me to the space. Why?! Vin Diesel: Family.

Virgins ship looks like it was designed by Lamborghini while the blue origin rocket looks like a straight up space dong.

I’d take Virgin Galactic any day. I’d rather have a 90 minute flight over a 10 minute hop for $250,000

Head to head race: Branson's Space Flight: long hair Bezos' Space Flight: no hair Thank you all for 900 likes!

Im no rocket scientist, but Virgin Galactic seems safer.

That "We're 6 months out" has finally arrived after 14 years...

20 years from now 30 countries will do this and cost per passenger will probably go down to like $10K lol

The Bezos rocket looks phallic.

Virgin galactic spaceship looks very cool and futuristic.

Virgin galactic has the cleverest way of reaching space.

Bezos should be a lawyer: Avoids paying taxes, Avoids FAA inspection for safety, Avoids government oversight.

Aladeen would not approve the jeffs rocket design, he needs that to be pointy 😂 ( iykwim )

Meanwhile, SpaceX's paying passenger will be doing a flyby to the moon

One spacecraft looks like a lawn dart, and the other...let’s just say Jeff has some insecurities...

I'm already in sub-orbital space.

Of the two of them I think I’d rather go on a Virgin Galactic flight. You have way more time to take it all in rather than blue origin that feels like it’s over in a few moments

Blue Origin is literally doing nothing ground breaking. It’s just a pop straight up.

Here after the virgin galactic plane safe landed in mike richards bathroom

Bezos rocket reminds me of Dr. Evils rocket.

It’s hilarious that the only people from virgin they felt they needed to highlight where the two women, not the pilots. ( trombone sounds)

Branson's spaceflight: rocket plane Bezos' spaceflight: penile mutilation nightmare

I hope Bozos rocket performs just as well as his customer service.

I definitely have the "let's measure our junk" feeling... space race is awesome! You both win! Woot.

I think those old James Bond movies with some evil billionaire who builds a laser in space and holds the world hostage is getting closer to reality.

Go SPCE! Spaceplanes rule! I imagine VG in ~ 20 years with a 4th generation vehicle taking tourists to a zero G resort for a week or two of orbital bliss much like today's cruse ship experience.

Elon must be laughing at them. 50miles? He’s aiming at Mars fellas.

5:24 good that the capsule has a Soyuz like landing rocket to cushion the impact. I guess this is required for all hard landings on land.

Groovy, a real life Austin powers and dr evil, I can definitely see Branson having a party up there, and bezos being jealous of bransons mojo! Branson even has the cool blue jump suit and cool ride just like Austin powers .

I'd take Blue Origin, so i could use my extra 80 minutes for writing review on UKposts comments.

Did Jeff really have to make his ship look like that smh

Imagine how far they would get if they just worked together but Virgin has been testing space lights for 15 or so years so they should be first to go

I really have a bad feeling about the rocket, especially given the lack of regulation. Yeah the view-ports are nice but I think if not on the main trip at some point something is far more likely to malfunction.

"Space Tourism" seems like an absolute waste of everyone's time and money.

Have a lovely time with space flights

Elon Musk: Congratulations to Bezos and Branson for achieving each of your "space flights". I would've watched them, but there's somewhat of a delay, here on Mars.

Virgin Galactic is a plane and if something goes wrong it can glide its way back to safety. Blue origin is a rocket and if something goes wrong you will have to rely on your parachute, but if something goes wrong with your parachute, then ur dead.

Jeff and Richard's goal are great, but it looks like a game compared with Musk's rockets.

Richard makes it!

$500,000 is obviously a lot of money to pay for a ticket, but at the same time it costs more than $100,000 to climb Mount Everest, so from that perspective I see how a select group of individuals could justify paying for that kind of experience. I'd imagine the cost comes down in the next 50 years.

What a time to be alive.

I love more the spaceship of Sir Branson because it is the most beautifulliest than those of Jeff Besos !!!!!!!!!!!......

On blue origin you get a complimentary durex

While these two guys are playing “astronaut” Elon is laughing and planning Mars….

I think Jeff should call it "Pink Origin"

When the USSR and the USA was going to space, that was just competition between the two. Now with China and other countries and companies joining, this is becoming a real race... or even marathon.

Both are like going on a cruise but only going 2 miles out to sea

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bezos and branson going head to head in a race to reach orbit... meanwhile elon musk is shooting cars in space, creating the first ever completely reusable rocket, and already planning his mars colony. its like they're on completely different playing fields while thinking they're all neck-to-neck. dont get me wrong i love the competitivness, it will make these people progress quicker. but the scale at which spaceX is progressing is completely insane, they create rockets within weeks, they created an entire assembly line and bought out a whole town to turn it into their base of operations. spaceX is on steroids.

1: Elon musk already wone a long time ago. 2: Suborbital flight is pathetic. 3: Space tourism is cool but not profitable.

Hey everybody, is it me or do these two dueling space billionaires remind you of Austin Powers vs. Dr. Evil? “Yeah baby, yeah!”🤣😂

i’m glad blue origin is now being compared to virgin galactic,and not space x .

This is history, 2 different style ships and all civilian crews, (pilot exempt) and dreamers as kids, now billionaires have opened new space travel to all us civilians to experience

If blue origin's pilots are just as underpaid and badly treated as their delivery drivers, you'd better start praying

Good lord, I remember the World War Z book not so subtly hinted that the astronauts stranded in the ISS throughout the zombie war were rescued by Richard Branson's Spaceship One.

Virgin galactic looks more safe and realistic for commercial space flight , definitely it would be going to first choice for ppl who wants to travel space

Elon COULD send a Dragon2 capsule AROUND the moon and back aboard a Falcon Heavy (in fact that WAS the plan with the Japanese business guy before Starship came along). I think he still should do it OR just make 3 or more orbits around the earth in a dragon.

Well Bezos’s ship is certainly…longer

if musk directs a falcon 9 towards both during flight?

Branson’s Galactic sub-orbital flight went up 54 miles for 5 minutes. Alan Shepard’s 1959 version went up 104 miles for 15 minutes.

Both Branson and Bezos have built toys with a lot of flash and ego sizzles but little practical use and, at the very best, a murky path to future development. Do not anticipate future development from either Branson's high tech kite or Bezos' updated Mercury capsule. If you can't go orbital, you can't do squat.

Bezos is running a 'model rocketry' effort while SpaceX is the new 'Area 51' in genius engineering.

Imagine seeing this as a kid in the 80's-

This is the kind of content we come here for. Great video man!

Richard been talking about this for 15+ years 🙄🙄🙄🙄

Meanwhile I am here holding onto Dogecoin and waiting for the moon

Virgin appears safer .! Landing is also smoother and it’s more comfortable.!

In the next century it'll be rich people showing off their own version of the death star

Branson's plane is like the early 50's X15 flights only he has super models for crew...

History will remember Branson. No one remembers the guy who came second. Who was the first person who flew the Atlantic? Lindberg. Who was the second? He did it with a monoplane and did it after than Lindbergh. No one remembers his name. I rest my case.

Wow, fascinating video! It's incredible to see the contrasting approaches of Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson in their space flights. Both pioneers pushing the boundaries of space exploration in their own unique ways. Can't wait to witness these historic moments! 🚀🌌

Why Bezo's rocket give me Austin Powers flashbacks?

Doesn’t one of the Rockets look phallic to you?

“We need to go to space. It’s not optional” well it would be if humans were to care more about this planet. Instead of leaving your problems behind, you should deal with them. This planet has everything we need, it’s freaking beautiful. Why should we go in space and destroy another planet, instead of fixing our problems and saving this one.

Again, it takes a lot more preparation indeed with a rocketship, but then you will experience the beauty of an actual space aka universe with Blue origin if you go further up like 12 more miles ahead of Virgin galactic flight.

It is all awesome. Personally, I love the Virgin Galactic launch vehicle and the space vehicle. It is all a beginning to passenger space flight. I believe it will lead to quick passenger flights to locations on other side of world.

And Elon Musk flies past both of them waving hello! Well, not Elon. He's not crazy.

A different perspective: a non American becomes the 1st commercial astronaut from USA's definition and an American becomes the 2nd from the international definition of space boundaries..

The Earth is spinning approximately at a thousand miles an hour at the equator. Both of these ships landed very close from where they took off. What's amazing is that during each of their flights the world forgot to spin.

Thumbnail looks like an 80s portrait of two super villains.

America really needs Bezos rocket to self destruct up there

Dear Jeff, please win the space race. And stay there. Don't come back.

I once saw a Russian documentary about Mig29 that plane can reach the same distance covered by virgin Galactic

touching the edge of space/outer atmosphere for few seconds could be labeled as anything but space travel.

WSJ reporting on their Boss. I’m smelling conflict of interest.

Branson looks like CGI

Jeff with his brother reminded me of Rainman.

Do I have to sign a disclaimer before boarding?

Billionaires not paying taxes and competing against each other to see who goes to space first.

Im literally only watching this to not miss the opportunity to to see a billionaire evaporate in thin air.

They ordered the inside cam through Amazon but didn't arrive on time........

on his deathbed, my grandfather told me to go to space if i got the chance. so unless someone gives me a free ticket, i doubt i'd ever make it up there. i mean, based on these prices lol

Is it me or does that Blue Origin rocket look literally over compensating?

I find the petty squabbling about "where space begins" hilarious. Because while they jockey for "astronaut" bragging rights, lots of people (myself included) are of the opinion that none of them are (or will be) astronauts of any kind. Why? For the same reason people who ride in planes don't magically become pilots or aviators. People who ride in ships don't magically become captains or sailors. People who ride tourist spacecraft to the edge of space don't magically become astronauts. These people are all PASSENGERS. There's nothing wrong with being passengers, or tourists, but let's call things what they are. There are lots of terms we can use: space flyers, space tourists, spaceflight participants. Use any of them, but not astronaut, which means something specific. "Astronaut" is a profession and a vocation, not a travel destination. It's about years of training, discipline, commitment, mission responsibilities, etc. The term astronaut has 60 years of respect and admiration associated with it, which has been EARNED. Let's not dilute and cheapen it just so a handful of people can feel special. Real astronauts are already astronauts even if they haven't yet been to space. Passengers & tourists are not astronauts even if they have.

I would prefer Galatic if I’m just orbiting earth. Smoother landing

6:14 I was wondering what are those things clinging down his cupboard!

That said, I have to say Branson's virgin galactic looks safer because it's like a commercial plane carrying you half the way, then the propellers push you further up for literally 2-3 minutes more and you are done. That's a smart move. It's a lot more risky to go right up in a rocket ship.

Jeff's rocket is a mess. The Virgin experience would probably be amazing in a few years.

Might be kind of embarrassing to go on Bezos' rocket

The comments and replies are more informative than the video itself!