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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. CowboyNeal option... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    needs to be returned on polls.

  2. 1stPost? by BladeMelbourne · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1stPost?

    1. Re:1stPost? by BladeMelbourne · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Doh!

      Lesson learnt. I will not try this again.

  3. Great, but... by slimsam1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    when will we have lunar web hosting? The ultimate in physical data security.

    --
    ...
  4. Good Ol' UTF-8 by neurostar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, I was browing along and came across a post which said:

    It??? only??? takes??? one??? click?????

    It??? only??? takes??? one??? click????? is? a? registered? trademark? used? with Jeff?'s?; permission?. Unauthourized? reproduction? is? expressly? prohibited?.

    I was like: "HUH?". Then I remembered I was doing an experiment with Mozilla where I set it to UTF-8 and then I see how messed up by browing experience was... So far this is the climax...

    Which leads me to wonder... what's the big deal with all these foreign languages? English has worked fine on the 'net for the last 10 years, so why stop now?

    And yes, I'm kidding. ;)

    neurostar
  5. NEW ARTICLE TO TROLL ON JESUSGEEKS.NET by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jesus Geeks !

  6. That dude's a fag! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I felt gay just reading cryptonomicon.

    1. Re:That dude's a fag! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Cryptonomicon ruled you gay wad.

  7. harry kim by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    harry kim created the slip stream technology which almost got the voyager crew back to the alpha quadrant.

  8. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... if a Bear and a Gorilla got into a fight ..

    IN SPACE ,.. .. who would win?