Tag: Jeff Bezos
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Jeff Bezos tweets his vote of support for constructing a ‘superhighway in space’
Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos chats with GeekWire’s Alan Boyle at the 2016 Space Symposium in Colorado, with a picture of Blue Origin’s New Shepard passenger capsule displayed in the background. (Tom Kimmell Photography / Courtesy of the Space Foundation) What should Donald Trump have NASA do? Today Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos voiced his support for…
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Blue Origin’s rocketeers get holiday photo op with scorched New Shepard spaceship
Blue Origin employees and their families got their pictures taken with the scorched New Shepard rocket booster and crew capsule during this year’s holiday party at the company’s production facility in Kent, Wash. (Photo courtesy of @Megsylhydrazine via Twitter) How many holiday parties let you get your picture taken with a fully reusable rocket ship…
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John Glenn hails Jeff Bezos’ space feats in letter written days before astronaut’s death
Jeff Bezos shows off the concept for Blue Origin’s launch system during a news conference in Florida in September 2015. The rocket is named after John Glenn. (Blue Origin Photo) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos accepted yet another award tonight for his Blue Origin space effort, but the prize he treasured the most is no doubt…
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Jeff Bezos shows how Blue Origin’s orbital rocket factory is taking shape in Florida
The steel structure for Blue Origin’s factory rises from a site in Florida. (Blue Origin Photo via Jeff Bezos) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is showing off the “extraordinary progress” being made on the Florida factory where Blue Origin’s New Glenn orbital launch vehicle will be built. “As you can see here, the first steel is…
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Billionaire Jeff Bezos gets all geeky over Blue Origin’s robotic rocket drilling machine
Blue Origin’s EDM drilling machine works on a nozzle for the BE-4 rocket engine, currently under development at the company’s production facility in Kent, Wash. “Only 1,000 holes to go,” Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos writes. (Blue Origin Photo) Building a rocket ship may sound romantic, but there are a lot of nitty-gritty details behind…
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Get an exclusive video tour of the Museum of Flight’s Apollo moon rocket artifacts
It’s been almost a year since Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos unveiled pieces of the Saturn V rocket engines that propelled Apollo’s astronauts to the moon – and now you can watch a video guide to the goodies, courtesy of Seattle’s Museum of Flight (and GeekWire). Next spring, the decades-old artifacts will be among the highlights of…
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Where does Jeff Bezos foresee putting space colonists? Inside O’Neill cylinders
This artist’s conception from the 1970s shows the interior of an O’Neill cylinder. (Credit: NASA) SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to settle humans on Mars. Others talk about a Moon Village. But Seattle billionaire Jeff Bezos has a different kind of off-Earth home in mind when he talks about having millions of people living and working in…
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Apollo 11 moon ship may go on tour for 50th anniversary – and stop by Seattle
The Apollo 11 command module, shown here at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., is due to go on a road trip in 2019. (Credit: Smithsonian Institution / NASM) The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is laying the groundwork for a 50th-anniversary traveling exhibit featuring Apollo 11 space hardware, including the…
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Gradatim Ferociter! Jeff Bezos explains Blue Origin’s motto, logo … and the boots
Blue Origin’s coat of arms is packed with symbolism. (Credit: Blue Origin) You can’t buy stuff from billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture on Amazon just yet, but just wait: Sixteen years after its founding, Blue Origin offers enough symbols, mottos and mascots to keep the folks who make caps, shirts, coffee mugs – and yes, even cowboy…
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The inside story behind Jeff Bezos’ alien cameo on ‘Star Trek Beyond’
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos plays a Starfleet official (at right) who assists a rescued spacefarer (played by Lydia Wilson, at left). Credit: Justin Lin via Twitter When “Star Trek Beyond” comes out on DVD next week, you can freeze-frame on the big-name cameo appearance that zipped past so quickly in the theaters: Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’…