Billionaire Feud: Elon Musk Tweeted Jeff Bezos Would 'Sue Death' If He Could
Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos and Tesla's Elon Musk have had a stressful relationship. The billionaires do not get along well, as we've all come to realise over the last 10 days. Even then, their interests seem to be aligned.?
With Bezos' Blue Origin and Musk's SpaceX, both have been locked into a tussle over innovation and a NASA-backed contract.While things went extremely sour recently due to a series of reasons which we'll explain later, Musk just threw immense shade at Bezos in response to a Tweet about Amazon's former CEO.?
So, here's what went down on Twitter - An account shared an update on Jeff Bezos' latest exploits in the world of science. The billionaire space race contender has reportedly invested hefty amounts into Altos Lab, a project to study aging and ways to reverse it.?
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The account also mentioned that each scientist would have a $1 million salary and will study how cells age and ways to reverse the process.Great news for all of us, right? Sure, if it ever works out.?
But what got more attention than the original Tweet was Elon Musk's response, where he asserted the following - "If it doesn't work, he's gonna sue death!".?
Hilarious! But you all need some context. So, NASA awarded a future moon lander contract to Musk's SpaceX over Bezos' Blue Origin. Since then, Blue Origin has done some PR blunders in the form of satirical takes at SpaceX's heavy launchers and designs.?
In addition, Blue Origin initiated a lawsuit against SpaceX... and that's when Elon Musk decided that he had withstood enough.?In response to a Tweet, Musk suggested that Bezos' only job was to file lawsuits against SpaceX.?
Owing to Bezos' lawsuit against SpaceX, NASA's moon lander project has been delayed until an amicable legal solution is found.
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Besides this, both Bezos and Musk are attempting to launch a series of low-orbit satellites to enable high-speed internet connectivity all over Earth.All was going well for Musk until Bezos urged Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to dismiss SpaceX's latest changes to the Starlink network.?
Now, the approval has been delayed due to Bezos' intervention.?
Not satisfied? Read Elon Musk's ten most outrageous comments. And for all things science and tech, don't forget to keep checking Indiatimes.com.? ??
