Blue Origin's Huge New Rocket Heats Up Billionaire Space Rivalry

The competition between billionaire space entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos has reached new heights. On Monday (Sept. 12), Bezos announced that his company Blue Origin is developing a family of heavy-lift rockets known as New Glenn, after John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth. With a maximum height of 313 feet (95 meters), New Glenn will be taller than the 230-foot (70 m) Falcon Heavy, which Musk's SpaceX is building.