'Rockets are hard': Elon Musk responds to Jeff Bezos' rocket explosion as his own SpaceX glides to a $1.8T IPO

When Jeff Bezos' New Glenn rocket erupted into a fireball on a Cape Canaveral launch pad late on May 28, the reaction that traveled fastest came from his chief rival.

"Most unfortunate. Rockets are hard," Elon Musk wrote on X. (1)

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It was rare solidarity between two billionaires who've spent a decade trading jabs over space. And it came as Musk's SpaceX sits days from what could be the largest IPO in history, while Blue Origin stares down months on the ground.

Footage from Spaceflight Now shows Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploding during a hot-fire test. Fully fueled, the engines were ignited while the vehicle stayed bolted to the pad, causing one of the largest rocket explosions in US history ahead of a launch planned for the following week. (2)

Residents along Florida's Space Coast reported feeling their homes shake, and Blue Origin later warned debris could wash ashore on local beaches. No one was hurt, but Launch Complex 36, Blue Origin's only operational New Glenn pad, sustained heavy damage. (3)