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<\/p>\nThe war of words between billionaire space entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos shows no sign of ending, after the Tesla boss cruelly mocked Amazon founder Bezos on Twitter.<\/p>\n
Poking fun at Bezos\u2019s legal bid to persuade NASA to reconsider its decision to grand Musk\u2019s SpaceX the sole contract to build its next-generation Moon lander, Musk tweeted \u201cFiling legal actions against SpaceX is *actually* his full-time job\u201d.<\/p>\n
In a more formal response to the ongoing battle between the rival space ventures, David Goldman, SpaceX\u2019s director of satellite policy, has filed new legal documents against Amazon.<\/p>\n
In the court papers, he claims that Amazon is trying to interfere with the progress of SpaceX\u2019s Starlink satellite network in order to help its own similar Project Kuiper system to catch up.<\/p>\n
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So far, SpaceX has launched 1,740 of its Starlink satellites. When complete, the system is expected to have in the region of 30,000 satellites in low Earth orbit, providing wireless internet access anywhere on the planet.<\/p>\n
While it\u2019s still technically in a test phase, SpaceX say the system currently has 100,000 users across 14 countries.<\/p>\n
Amazon\u2019s similar Project Kuiper system, which will reportedly consist of 3,236 satellites in its first wave, is yet to get off the ground.<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile Amazon\u2019s Mariah Dodson Shuman has filed legal papers criticising the SpaceX venture, saying that SpaceX\u2019s plans have not been made fully public and should not be allowed to go ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy leaving nearly every major detail unsettled \u2014 such as altitude, inclination, and even the
total number of satellites \u2014 SpaceX\u2019s application fails every test,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n
But in David Goldman\u2019s response, he says that Amazon have also not filed a clear plan. He says Amazon has not updated the Federal Communications Commission [FCC] which oversees all satellite operations in the US, for over a year.<\/p>\n
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He points out that in contrast to its slow progress towards a satellite launch, Amazon\u2019s legal opposition to SpaceX was produced in just a few days.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Commission should recognise this delay tactic for what it is,\u201d he said. \u201cA continuation of efforts by the Amazon family of companies to hinder competitors to compensate for Amazon\u2019s failure to make progress of its own\u201d.<\/p>\n
While the battle goes on in the court, Musk continues to post sarcastic social media digs at his rival, confident that he\u2019s well ahead in the race to dominate the private space launch business.<\/p>\n