Watch Bezos’ new super rocket blast its engines. Its about to launch.

In the continuing saga of billionaires and big rockets comes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos with his latest space vehicle, New Glenn. The rocket, which stands taller than the Statue of Liberty, is named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, the first person to orbit Earth in 1962. Though much shorter than SpaceX's towering Starship, it is about the size of NASA's mega moon rocket, the Space Launch System. Years in the making, the commercial rocket is on the verge of its maiden flight. On Friday,