---
title: "Elon Musk Ridicules Jeff Bezos’ Moon Lander"
description: "SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to imply that Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos was building unwarranted hype for a plan that wasn't going anywhere."
date: "2019-05-10"
modified: "2019-05-10"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-ridicules-jeff-bezos-moon"
categories:
  - "Astronomy"
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "Jeff Bezos"
  - "Moon"
  - "Space"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "blue origin"
  - "elon musk"
  - "jeff bezos"
  - "the digest"
---

# Elon Musk Ridicules Jeff Bezos’ Moon Lander

![SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to imply that Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos was building unwarranted hype for a plan that wasn't going anywhere.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/elon-musk-ridicules-jeff-bezos-moon.png>)
*\<em\>Image: Heisenberg Media/Blue Origin/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Crude CEO

On Thursday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin [presented its plans](<https://futurism.com/blue-origin-moon-lander>) to reach the Moon, including a brand new design for its "Blue Moon" lander.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk then [took to Twitter](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1126686813840535552>) to crudely imply that Bezos was building unwarranted hype for a plan that wasn't going anywhere — a move that could be read as the ultimate example of "pot calling the kettle black" irony.

## Twitter Tease

In the [tweet](<https://www.cnet.com/news/elon-musk-mocks-jeff-bezos-blue-moon-lander-in-cheeky-tweet/>), Musk writes "Oh stop teasing, Jeff," along with a winky face emoji and a photoshopped image of the lander with "Blue Moon" replaced by the words "Blue Balls," a reference to the uncomfortable feeling that can follow sexual excitement without release.

Maybe Elon Musk has never heard the proverb about how visionary CEOs who [consistently fail](<https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-promises-that-havent-worked-out-yet-2019-4>) to make good on their own [ambitious promises](<https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-spacex-delays-plans-for-first-space-tourists-to-circle-moon-1528046708>) about space travel shouldn't throw stones. That's how the saying goes, right?

**READ MORE:** [Elon Musk mocks Jeff Bezos' Blue Moon lander in cheeky tweet](<https://www.cnet.com/news/elon-musk-mocks-jeff-bezos-blue-moon-lander-in-cheeky-tweet/>) \[*CNET*\]

**More on the Moon lander:** *[Jeff Bezos Just Unveiled Blue Origin’s Moon Lander](<https://futurism.com/blue-origin-moon-lander>)*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)