In “SpaceX VS. Blue Origin” the author, Austin Carr, is writing about the rivalries between the businesses of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and the aerospace firm Blue Origin. Carr discusses their contributions to spaceflight, competition between the companies to recruit best engineers and to make history, and the construction of reusable rockets. Carr concludes his article by telling his readers who he thinks is winning the modern space race. Carr does an excellent job writing about the rivalries between the two companies and conveying to his readers each company’s unique, separate goals and also their similar goals. He also does an excellent job stating who he thinks is winning the modern space race and giving credit to the loser for also making history.
Carr’s ability to compare the SpaceX and Blue Origin …show more content…
Carr clearly states: “so who is winning? I learn the answer when I attend the New Space Age conference at MIT in April. The day before, SpaceX had landed its rocket on that floating drone ship, and the chatter among some of the most brilliant minds in aerospace sounds like a board meeting for Elon Musk’s startup” (74). While acknowledging Space X is winning, he also acknowledges Blue has much ground to gain on its rival, but has a “solid pipeline”. He writes in his article that they have flown the same vehicle three times in a row, and hopefully people will soon see these guys flying weekly (Carr 102)
Carr does an excellent job writing about the rivalries between the two companies and conveying to his readers who he thinks is winning the modern space race, but at the same time giving credit to the loser for make excellent space advances and also history. Overall Carr’s article strengths outweigh his little to none weaknesses in his article causing it to create an exceptional and valid piece of
Carr’s ability to compare the SpaceX and Blue Origin …show more content…
Carr clearly states: “so who is winning? I learn the answer when I attend the New Space Age conference at MIT in April. The day before, SpaceX had landed its rocket on that floating drone ship, and the chatter among some of the most brilliant minds in aerospace sounds like a board meeting for Elon Musk’s startup” (74). While acknowledging Space X is winning, he also acknowledges Blue has much ground to gain on its rival, but has a “solid pipeline”. He writes in his article that they have flown the same vehicle three times in a row, and hopefully people will soon see these guys flying weekly (Carr 102)
Carr does an excellent job writing about the rivalries between the two companies and conveying to his readers who he thinks is winning the modern space race, but at the same time giving credit to the loser for make excellent space advances and also history. Overall Carr’s article strengths outweigh his little to none weaknesses in his article causing it to create an exceptional and valid piece of