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Jeff Bezos' Shot At Space

Posted by timothy on from the more-fun-than-yachts dept.

Brad Stone points out his story (due out in Monday's issue of Newsweek) on Jeff Bezos' secret space-oriented company, called Blue Origin -- which aims to launch tourists in a reusable vehicle. The article also touches on some of the other private space ventures you've been reading about lately. (One cool note about Blue Origin is that Neal Stephenson is an employee; I hope he's not allowed anywhere dangerous.)

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  1. Neal's speaking this week. by KFury · · Score: 4, Informative

    Neal Stephenson's speaking at Carnegie Mellon on Thursday. I'll have to ask him about the project...

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  2. Re:Somebody claiming to be Jeff Bezos' son... by mabinogi · · Score: 3, Informative

    He's not claiming to be Bezos' son, he's claiming to be Burt Rutan's son, and the picture he has is therefore of Rutan's SpaceShipOne.

    As mentioned in the article (By Bezos himself), Blue Origin haven't actually done anything noteworthy yet.

    From the Article:
    Bezos himself says, "It's way premature for Blue to say or comment on anything because we haven't done anything worthy of comment."

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