I’m no Bezos fanboy, but the man did build a spaceship company. Let him fly a damn spaceship.
It's kind of like how a person that builds a hot-rod car gets much more respect from me than a person that buys a Bugatti supercar. WooHoo, you can whip out your checkbook and write a $1MM check. Big deal. That other guy worked on the suspension and knows how the fuel system works. That's much more impressive.
He knew he didn't have the skills or manpower to build a rocket himself, so he assembled an organization of people who would help him build it.
Then, he risked his own LIFE to be one of the first people to ride the rocket. If that's not putting trust in your engineers, I don't know what is.
Sure, you can hate on him for being rich, but at the end of the day, the man knows how to build successful companies.
"After 15 successful unoccupied test flights to space since 2015, Bezos finally declared it was time to put people on board. The Federal Aviation Administration agreed last week, approving the commercial space license."
And when it comes to Blue Origin's success, the credit should be given to Bezos's existing fortune, not to his business prowess, as much as that played a role in the growth of Amazon.
"Bezos has said he finances the rocket company by selling $1 billion in Amazon stock each year."
https://apnews.com/article/jeff-bezos-space-e0afeaa813ff0bdf...