Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have been in a feud for years, but according toBusiness Insider, it wasn't always this way.

伊隆·马斯克和杰夫·贝佐斯多年来一直不和，但据“Business Insider”报道，事情并不总是这样的。

Back in 2004, the two CEOs actually had dinner together and talked shop.

2004年那时候，这两位CEO实际上一起吃过晚餐并谈论过逛街。

But as their space companies grew — Bezos' Blue Origin and Elon's SpaceX — so did the tension between the tycoons.

但是随着他们太空公司的扩大——贝佐斯的蓝色起源和伊隆的“SpaceX”——这两位大佬之间的冲突也不断。

One of the biggest flare-ups started in 2013, over the historic launch complex39A.

由于39A这座历史发射场，最大的冲突之一在2013年爆发了。



After the Space Shuttles retired in 2011, NASA wasn't using the launch pad, soit opened it up for anyone who wanted to use it.

航天飞机在2011年退役后，美国航空航天局用不上该发射台，所以它就向任何想用该发射台的人开放。

First SpaceX, and then Jeff Bezos tried to claim it, and Bezos went so far as tofile a complaint with the government to prevent SpaceX from getting thelaunch pad.

首先是“SpaceX”，然后是杰夫·贝佐斯，都试图占有它，贝佐斯甚至向政府进行投诉来阻止“SpaceX”得到该发射台。

Elon Musk got very, very angry. And voila! The feud was officially in full swing.

伊隆·马斯克闻讯后暴跳如雷。瞧！这一夙怨就正式如火如荼地进行着。