I think it's a bit unfair to look at Blue Origin like that.
While it's true that Blue Origin hasn't done anything more than a few test flights, they've definitely got a different view of the way to develop rockets.
Blue Origin effectively has no requirements to make a commercial return. Until Jeff Bezos runs out of cash (unlikely), gets bored (seemingly unlikely), or pissed off (who knows) they can keep going doing whatever they like. Certainly making money is an eventual goal, but it's not like a few delays or failures are going to result in them being unable to make rent.
For this reason, they've developed from the other end, first - perfecting their launch and landing with a smaller-scale rocket and iterating from that perspective.
SpaceX on the other hand is definitely marked by their early days where they were down to their last few $ and Elon being out of cash to keep running the business if it didn't work. So they've been working mostly on the "get something that customers will buy" side of things, with the addition of landing/re-use coming secondary.
While it's true that Blue Origin hasn't done anything more than a few test flights, they've definitely got a different view of the way to develop rockets.
Blue Origin effectively has no requirements to make a commercial return. Until Jeff Bezos runs out of cash (unlikely), gets bored (seemingly unlikely), or pissed off (who knows) they can keep going doing whatever they like. Certainly making money is an eventual goal, but it's not like a few delays or failures are going to result in them being unable to make rent.
For this reason, they've developed from the other end, first - perfecting their launch and landing with a smaller-scale rocket and iterating from that perspective.
SpaceX on the other hand is definitely marked by their early days where they were down to their last few $ and Elon being out of cash to keep running the business if it didn't work. So they've been working mostly on the "get something that customers will buy" side of things, with the addition of landing/re-use coming secondary.