What would you think if one of your main competitors gave you a helping hand in getting ahead in the space race? That's precisely what just happened in the old rivalry between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos as the billionaires take their investments to the final frontier.

Amazon’s race to challenge SpaceX in orbit is getting a helping hand from its chief competitor: SpaceX itself, which will launch the next batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet satellites skyward on Wednesday.