Bezos and Musk battle it out in the billionaire space race – but who is winning?

Elon Musk took an early lead in the race for space supremacy but Jeff Bezos is looking to catch up (Picture: Getty; Reuters)

Anyone up early to watch the debut launch of Jeff Bezos’s rocket this morning would have been disappointed, because after being pushed back several times, it was eventually cancelled.

Blue Origin said it was ‘reviewing opportunities’ for the next launch attempt for New Glenn.

Live stream footage turned out to be a damp squib rather than a dramatic narrowing of the gap in the latest space race...