Elon Musk didn’t mince words. When footage of a massive fireball engulfing Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket spread across the internet late last week, the SpaceX chief posted a simple reply on X. “Most unfortunate. Rockets are hard.” The comment landed on May 29, 2026, hours after Blue Origin’s vehicle exploded during a hot-fire test at Cape Canaveral. No one was injured. Yet the blast destroyed the rocket and heavily damaged Launch Complex 36, Blue Origin’s sole operational pad for the vehicle. Debris risks prompted warnings to local beaches. Yahoo Finance captured the moment of rare alignment between the two billionaires who have sparred for years over contracts, timelines and bragging rights in space. Bezos responded first. “All personnel are accounted for and safe,” he wrote on X. “It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying.…