SpaceX vs Blue Origin | Space War | 5

Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It's 2013 and the long cold war between Blue Origin and SpaceX is about to go nuclear.

The clash begins when NASA puts its most famous launchpad up for lease, and escalates fast.

Soon SpaceX, Blue Origin, and the United Launch Alliance will be reaching for any weapon they can use to disrupt each other's plans.

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0:17.0	Wondery Up!
0:20.0	It's July 2013 and in the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, CEO Elon Musk is on
0:32.4	a call with NASA.
0:34.2	There's an incredulous look on his face.
0:36.7	Really?
0:37.7	Another bitter?
0:38.7	Who else would even want 39A?
0:42.1	39A is a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
0:46.0	It launched Apollo 13's ill-fated moon mission and the first Space Shuttle mission in 1981.
0:52.3	It also launched the last shuttle mission in 2011.
0:56.2	But 39A's glory days are gone.
0:59.4	Now bushes invade the pathways, weeds sprout through the cracked concrete and rust corrode the
1:05.3	scaffolding.
1:06.3	NASA is spending 100 grand a month just to maintain the site and the agency wants someone
1:11.7	else to take it on.
1:13.8	Musk jumps at the chance.
1:15.8	The site has a pad built for launching the largest rockets.
1:19.3	It's ideal for the giant Falcon Heavy rocket that SpaceX is developing.
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