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Amazon's Jeff Bezos Sets His Sights on the Stars
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.'"
the billionaire talked [about] sending a spaceship into orbit that launches and lands vertically ...With just a single click.
Good to hear that our hard working satellites get a week or so off. Wouldn't want them getting burnt out.