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Bezos vs. Branson vs. Musk: A reality check on the billionaire space race — and space station sci-fi   Alan Boyle Tue, 27 July 2021, 4:00 pm · 6-min read Blue Origin suborbital spaceflier Mark Bezos throws a ball to Oliver Daemen in zero-G while Wally Funk floats above in the New Shepard capsule. (Blue Origin Photo) The state of commercial space travel is changing so quickly that even science-fiction authors are struggling to keep up. That’s what Time magazine’s editor at large,  Jeffrey Kluger , found out when he was finishing up his newly published novel,  “Holdout,”  half of which is set on the International Space Station. Kluger’s plot depends on the Russians being the only ones capable of bringing an astronaut back from the space station — but that no longer holds true,  now that SpaceX is flying crews to and from orbit . “At the very end of the editing process, SpaceX started to fly … so I had to quickly account for that,” he explains in the latest episode of the  Fiction Science

  Richard Branson is set to launch into space this weekend. Here's what to know. NATE CHUTE  ,   ALGERNON D'AMMASSA      | Las Cruces Sun-News 8 hours ago 0:00 0:00 Show Caption Welcome to the space race, billionaire edition. Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, is set to  launch into space on Sunday , weather and technical checks permitting. If the mission is successful, Branson will beat competitor Jeff Bezos,  who recently stepped down as CEO of Amazon , by days. Bezos' own rocket company, Blue Origin, plans to fly him to space on July 20. Branson will launch from Sierra County in New Mexico and Bezos from a desert location north of Van Horn, Texas, which is over 100 miles east of El Paso. Here's what we know about both space flights and the possible implications for commercial space travel. How to watch Branson's space flight  A live stream of VSS Unity's flight is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. ET Sunday. It will be broadcast on  Virgin Galactic&#

  Elon Musk fury as rogue aircraft scrubs SpaceX launch at last second 'System is broken' ELON MUSK was left fuming on Tuesday night when the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was abruptly scrubbed by a wayward aircraft appearing in the launch area. By  SEBASTIAN KETTLEY PUBLISHED:  16:21, Wed, Jun 30, 2021   | UPDATED:  16:21, Wed, Jun 30, 2021 0 Elon Musk: Anonymous send message to CEO of SpaceX Volume 0%   Sign up for  FREE  for the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks   SUBSCRIBE When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our  Privacy Notice  explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. SpaceX  was due to launch 88 satellites into orbit on June 29 as part of the Transporter-2 mission. Carried atop of a single Falcon 9 rocket, the payload was cleared for launch from the Cape Ca