SpaceX and Amazon Are Quietly Launching a New Space Race Right Now

If it seems like there's a lot of rocket launches lately, you're not wrong. While SpaceX just successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket containing Starlink satellites on April 27, the aerospace company also launched a nearly identical rocket on April 28. And at nearly the exact same time, Amazon's Project Kuiper is also launching an Atlas V rocket containing Kuiper 1. 

What do these dueling launches have in common? Well, like the Starlink network, Project Kuiper is also hoping to create communication...