[cptskippy]

> i feel pretty guilty for being so underwhelmed because I sure as hell couldn't build an engine and airframe to do that but I am.

Given Bezo's bank account, you don't think you could put together a team to get a rocket into space?

Let's be realistic, no one person built this or any other rocket. Apart from Money, and perhaps short/bald man complex, Bezo contributed little overall. Yet all of the media has been about Bezos going into space.

When Richard Branson came along to steal his thunder with the SpaceShipTwo launch just before him, Bezo showed his colors by dismissing the achievement as not "real space". I have doubt Bezos is still salty about it and planning to get back at him.

IMO, none of these billionaires should be celebrated for these achievements. We should be celebrating the people who put them there but those individuals receive almost no mention.