Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, two of the three richest men in the world, are engaged in a stratospheric showdown to dominate space, and the outcome could decide the future of moon travel and even AI infrastructure.
In light of Artemis II’s successful mission earlier this month, which saw astronauts fly by the moon for the first time in 50 years, both Musk’s SpaceX and Bezos’s Blue Origin have turned their attention away from other projects to prepare for future lunar missions. Both companies were awarded multibillion-dollar contracts from NASA years ago to develop lunar landers for two future Artemis missions that plan to land humans on the moon by the end of the decade for the first time since 1972.
