Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA), and Bob Smith, CEO of Blue Origin, took shots at Sir Richard Branson, creator of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) on Thursday over his forthcoming space mission.
What Happened: On July 11, Branson will fly as a private astronaut on a test flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Unity.
CEO Smith of Blue Origin, a rival space corporation founded by Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos, took a jab at the forthcoming space flight, which was tweeted on Twitter by Christian Davenport, a space reporter for the Washington Post.
“We wish him a wonderful and safe journey,” Smith reportedly stated. “But they’re not flying above the Karman line, and it’s an entirely different experience.”
Musk also used a Dogecoin to mock a meme shared by a Twitter user that poked fun at Bezos and Branson’s attacks on Twitter (CRYPTO: DOGE)
Following news of Branson’s trip, Virgin Galactic stock climbed 27.32 percent to $54.99 in after-hours trading on Thursday. In the regular session, the stock fell 6.11 percent to $43.19.
Why Does It Matter? On July 20, Bezos is due to travel to space, igniting a new space race among the billionaires.
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According to Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, a Swiss-based global standard-setting and record-keeping organization, the Karman line is 100 kilometers or 62 miles above Earth’s mean sea level.
According to reports, there is no agreement on this term, and other organizations accept various standards.
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