How did you came to the conclusion that BO is going faster than SpaceX to Mars. What BO has done is taking in space a satellite from NASA, they are just a delivery tool until the earth orbit, from that point NASA fly's them self. What SpaceX wants is fully self organised. So you're conclusion in this article is wrong.
After China completed its small-scale reusable rocket landing in the summer, Blue Origin made its own New Glenn booster touchdown. The landing comes nearly ten years after SpaceX completed the same feat with a Falcon booster.