--- title: "Elon Musk Ridicules Jeff Bezos for “Copy Your Homework” Approach to Rocket" description: "The first images of Blue Origin's rocket test tank surfaced recently, bearing a close resemblance to SpaceX's Super Heavy. Elon Musk was amused." date: "2021-08-26" modified: "2021-08-26" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-jeff-bezos-copy-homework-rocket" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Jeff Bezos" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "blue origin" - "new glenn" - "SpaceX" - "super heavy" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Ridicules Jeff Bezos for “Copy Your Homework” Approach to Rocket ![The first images of Blue Origin's rocket test tank surfaced recently, bearing a close resemblance to SpaceX's Super Heavy. Elon Musk was amused.]() *\Image: Getty Images\* ## Copying Homework The first images of Blue Origin's "Project Jarvis" surfaced recently, [courtesy of *Ars Technica*](), showing a hulking stainless steel structure meant to serve as a test tank for the upper stage of the company's upcoming New Glenn orbital rocket. As many experts pointed out, the test tank [bears a striking resemblance]() to competitor SpaceX's Super Heavy booster prototypes, the primary stage designed to launch the Elon Musk-led company's Starship spacecraft into orbit. The comparison led to countless memes, one of which caught Musk's attention. "Hey Elon, Can I Copy Your Homework?" [one Twitter account wrote](), a repost of a submission to the Reddit forum /r/SpaceXMasterrace. Musk evidently thought the sentiment was funny, [replying with a laughing emoji]() on Wednesday — yet another jab at Blue Origin, and a sign that he still doesn't see the Jeff Bezos-led company as a serious competitor. ## Vertical Landing Blue Origin is still trying to nail down its exact approach for launching its New Glenn heavy lift-launch vehicle. According [to *Ars*' reporting]()*,* the company still hasn't ruled out adding large wings to allow the second stage to glide back down to Earth. It's far more likely that Blue Origin will opt for a familiar procedure: using the stage to launch the New Glenn spacecraft, separating, and then landing vertically — just like SpaceX's Super Heavy booster. Either way, it's likely that Blue Origin's continued developments will lead to further derisive comments from team SpaceX about how the company is playing catch up with the competition. That's in no small part due to the fact that Blue Origin has [been fighting tooth and nail]() to be part of NASA's upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon. SpaceX emerged as the only winner of the space agency's recent Human Landing Systems contract, drawing the ire of Blue Origin's leadership, prompting an [angry lawsuit]() against NASA by Bezos' company. It's a bitter race, and these billionaires are willing to throw a ton of money to emerge as the commercial super heavy-lift system of choice. It's a high risk, high reward game that's bound to make at least some of them [the butt of many jokes]() still to come. **READ MORE:** [First images of Blue Origin’s “Project Jarvis” test tank]() \[*Ars Technica*\] **More on Blue Origin:** *[No, the Scale Model of Blue Origin's Rocket is Not an Operable Dildo]()* ## 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]()