Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket mocked over penis shape

While all eyes were on billionaire Jeff Bezos soaring into space, all eyebrows were raised over the shape of the rocket he travelled in.

Twitter has been quick to point out the obvious penis-shape of Jeff Bezos’ rocket. Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP

It’s a bird, it’s a plane … actually, it’s just a billionaire’s penis-shaped rocket soaring into space.

While all eyes were on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos taking flight on Tuesday, all eyebrows were raised at the obvious phallic-shaped design chosen by the world’s richest man.

Describing the mission as “something big”, Bezos was not wrong, with Twitter users around the world quick to point out how alike the Blue Origin rocket was to a giant penis.

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane … nope it’s just a billionaire’s giant penis-shaped rocket. Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP

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“Can somebody please just admit that Jeff Bezos’ rocket needlessly looks like a penis #BlueOrigin,” one Twitter user wrote.

“So everybody is making the comparison of Bezos’ Blue Origin Rocket to a penis … Does that mean we will see Bezos’ penis at lift-off?” another added.

“Jeff Bezos is taking a giant leap forward today for penis-shaped rocketry,” a third added.

“Bezos’ rocket stayed up only 10 minutes. Now we know why he’s divorced.”

Could that look any more like a penis? What a noble use of ones excess money. Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are saving the planet! 🤨

— Catherine Handren Ness (@MissCath7) July 20, 2021

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— lucky one USA. (@stewdude59) July 20, 2021

Ok, Bezos wins for biggest penis 🤪

— Lorelai 🇺🇸 (Identifying as vaccinated) (@Lorelai72838933) July 20, 2021

Blasting off from a base in the west Texas desert at 8.12am on Tuesday local time (11.12pm AEST), the rocket hit speeds of 3700km/h as it shot towards space.

The capsule separated from its booster and crossed the Karman line, the internationally recognised boundary between Earth and space, at 100km altitude.

Jeff Bezos successfully crossed the Karman line, the internationally recognised boundary between Earth and space. Picture: Blue Origin/AFP

A quick 11 minutes after takeoff, it landed back on Earth with Bezos grinning from ear to ear.

Bezos was joined by his brother Mark, 82-year-old aviator Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen, who won his seat in an auction, making him Blue Origin’s “first paying customer”.

Blue Origin has not disclosed how much he paid.

The mission comes just days after Sir Richard Branson went to space in his Virgin Galactic spacecraft, also carrying two pilots and three other passengers.

The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo space plane was part of Branson’s mission to space. Picture: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP

Branson, along with the passengers, were able to unbuckle and experience a few minutes of weightlessness, while admiring the curvature of Earth from the ship’s 17 windows.

Branson called it the “experience of a lifetime” noting it had taken 17 years of “hard work” to get the spacecraft into the air.

“What a day, what a day,” he said. “I dreamt of this moment since I was a kid, but nothing can prepare you for the view from space.”

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos reacted to the occasion. Musk tweeted in response to a video of the mission: “Congratulations, beautiful flight!” While Bezos, who had hoped to be the first billionaire to make it to the edge of space, said he “can’t wait to join the club”.

Well, now that plan has come true.