--- title: "Elon Musk Suggests Zapping Jeff Bezos “With Our Space Lasers”" description: "SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is getting real tired of the constant litigation being thrown at him by Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos." date: "2021-09-01" modified: "2021-09-01" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/elon-musk-jeff-bezos-space-lasers" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Jeff Bezos" - "Off-World" - "Space" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "blue origin" - "elon musk" - "jeff bezos" - "NASA" - "SpaceX" --- # Elon Musk Suggests Zapping Jeff Bezos “With Our Space Lasers” ![SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is getting real tired of the constant litigation being thrown at him by Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos.]() *\Image: Getty Images/Futurism\* SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is getting real tired of litigation by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. Most recently, Blue Origin [took NASA to court]() over its decision to award its Human Landing Systems (HLS) contract [to SpaceX](), leaving Blue Origin in the dust. Today, [*Ars Technica* reported]() that Blue Origin has the hired advisory firm behind the [highly controversial JEDI contract](), a $10 billion military cloud computing services contract awarded to Microsoft by the US Department of Defense. It all seems to be getting under Musk's skin. "Maybe zap \[Bezos\] on the head with our space lasers…" the [SpaceX CEO suggested]() today. He was replying to a different Twitter user, [who wondered]() "at what point does Elon Musk have a Falcon Heavy hover over Bezos's house all day?" Needless to say, if Musk controls any deadly space lasers, they are not publicly documented. The latest generation of SpaceX's Starlink satellites are [outfitted with laser terminals]() to allow them to communicate with each other — but they're definitely not designed to headhunt litigious billionaires. Musk has repeatedly roasted Bezos on Twitter lately, signaling that the growing spat between two of the richest men in the world isn't letting up. "No amount of money can defy physics," [Musk joked]() over the weekend. "As Jeffrey Besos \[sic\] is amply demonstrating." While SpaceX has been hard at work getting its Moon-bound spacecraft off the ground, Blue Origin and Amazon have spent considerable amounts of their resources on slowing down their competitors. "He should consider spending some money on actual lunar lander hardware, instead of shady lobbyists," [Musk replied]() to *Ars Technica*'s senior space reporter Eric Berger, who broke the JEDI story today. The "shady lobbyists," founding partners of advisory firm Palla Advisors Sally Donnelly and Tony DeMartino, joined Blue Origin in its lawsuit against NASA. Both consulted for Amazon before taking jobs at the Department of Defense, *Ars* reports. The controversy arose when competitors in the JEDI contract argued that the pair used their existing influence at the Pentagon to sway the bidding process in favor of Amazon. Amazon also recently requested that the Federal Communications Commission dismiss SpaceX's amendment plans for its second-generation Starlink constellation, arguing that they were too broad, as [*SpaceNews* reported last week](). In short, Amazon is working on its own broadband constellation called Project Kuiper and it's worried SpaceX will gain too much control over low-Earth orbit or bend the rules too much in its favor — at least according to the e-retail giant. In a [public letter]() spotted [by *CNBC* space reporter Michael Sheetz]() today, SpaceX responded to the request, calling it "a continuation of efforts by the Amazon family of companies to hinder competitors." The letter even referenced the HLS lawsuit against NASA. "Amazon's maneuvering is familiar to anyone who has watched Amazon or its sister companies," the letter reads, appending a footnote to an [*Observer* article]() about the ongoing lawsuit [delaying NASA and SpaceX's efforts]() to return astronauts to the Moon. **READ MORE:** [Blue Origin hires advisory firm linked to messy JEDI contract process]() \[*Ars Technica*\] **More on the spat:** *[Elon Musk Casually Roasts Jeff Bezos Once Again]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()