Blue Origin was started two years earlier (2000 v 2002), had much better funding for most of its history,
This claim is untrue. SpaceX has never had less money than Blue Origin. It is maybe true that Blue Origin had fewer obligations attached to this money, since it was exclusively coming from Bezos, rather than a mix of investment, development contracts, and income for SpaceX, but the baseline claim that SpaceX was “money-poor” is false.
This claim is untrue. SpaceX has never had less money than Blue Origin. It is maybe true that Blue Origin had fewer obligations attached to this money, since it was exclusively coming from Bezos, rather than a mix of investment, development contracts, and income for SpaceX, but the baseline claim that SpaceX was “money-poor” is false.