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Bezos's Blue Origin Prepares Launch Facility

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hey-jeff-can-i-get-a-lift dept.

mhteas writes "Jeff Bezos's very quiet and private spaceship company Blue Origin is preparing to set up a launch facility in west Texas on 165,000 acres Bezos bought. There's a little more information about Blue Origin's plans too."

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  1. repeat by Jodka · · Score: 4, Informative

    A similar story was reported previously on Slashdot here.

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  2. But will it improve life like his last investment? by ScentCone · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hmm. I'm ALL for stuff like this, but I'm feeling a little gun shy after the last quiet thing into which he pumped a lot of money.

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  3. Re:So very quietly... by jdray · · Score: 2, Informative

    Fortran is big in the mathematic field. There's lots of math in rocketry.

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  4. Good hope for Armadillo Aerospace by budn3kkid · · Score: 3, Informative

    I read they were having some issues finding an appropriate launch site, and Mojave is too far for them to travel all the way from Mesquite, TX.

    This looks like a good chance for Carmack & Co. to secure a decent launch site, if Bezos decides to rent out space (no pun intended) to third-parties to launch from their base.

  5. Rework the math by cosmic_0x526179 · · Score: 2, Informative
    "They've got themselves 15 square miles down in Texas,"

    No, thats 15 miles square. 15 square miles would be 9,600 acres. 16 miles square is 256 square miles, or 163,840 acres (close enough for this article).

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