[jexe]

Having some competition is probably the best way to make space companies work efficiently, cheaply, and reliably, so these two egomaniacs fighting it out in a space race might be the best possible thing for progress in the industry.

[yissp]

At least to some extent, competition was the reason for the first moon landing, right?

[WalterBright]

They're no more egomaniacs than, say, whoever wins a gold medal at the Olympics. You've got to be an egomaniac to think one deserves to be the fastest runner in the world, a completely pointless honor, but we celebrate them anyway.

Pointless as in I, an old man and an uncoordinated complete failure at athletics, can ride my bike faster than any of them can run.

[krapp]

Perhaps, but at least athletes put in the work themselves, rather than exploiting and taking the credit for the work of others.