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Amazon's Jeff Bezos Sets His Sights on the Stars

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the space-company-fad dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Yahoo News is reporting that Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is looking to open a 'rocket-ship complex' for his new startup Blue Origin early next year. From the article: 'Blue Origin has released few details about the project. But a Texas newspaper editor who interviewed Bezos earlier this year said the billionaire talked [about] sending a spaceship into orbit that launches and lands vertically, like a rocket, and eventually building spaceships that can orbit the Earth -- possibly leading to permanent colonies in space.'"

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  1. heheh by Keyframe2 · · Score: 1, Funny

    so amazon will have shipment to space? and cargo could be people?? nice :) DHL stock should rise on this one

  2. ok by ikea5 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess all his money is really disappearing into thin air.

  3. Patented Interface by D-Cypell · · Score: 5, Funny

    the billionaire talked [about] sending a spaceship into orbit that launches and lands vertically ...With just a single click.

  4. Wait for Google by meckardt · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know about Amazon... I think that Google will put up a better launch vehicle.

  5. Re:Foreign airspace (spacespace?) by gumpish · · Score: 1, Funny

    Also, a geosynchronous orbit is necessarily located above the equator. Any country that doesn't own a part of the equator can't have a geosynchronous satellite above their heads.

    Guess it's time for us to liberate South America.

  6. Re:Foreign airspace (spacespace?) by mr_mophead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good to hear that our hard working satellites get a week or so off. Wouldn't want them getting burnt out.