Tag: Jeff Bezos
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Blue Origin’s record on safety and sexual harassment comes under fire from within
An essay criticizing Blue Origin’s attitude toward flight safety and sexual harassment also raises concern about the environmental impact of its headquarters building in Kent, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) A former employee of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has given up her anonymity to lead a campaign accusing the company of laxity…
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Elon Musk chats about Starship and space telescopes … and Jeff Bezos’ rocket envy
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk chats with journalist Kara Swisher at the Code Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Asa Mathat for Vox Media) In the latest chapter of a long-running space spat, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took aim at his billionaire rival Jeff Bezos today with a barrage of double entendres that were delivered…
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Elon Musk goads Jeff Bezos on Twitter as their prolonged space spat escalates
The rivalry between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has surfaced on Twitter. Again. (Musk Photo: TED via YouTube; Bezos Photo: GeekWire / Kevin Lisota) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has fired a fresh volley of tart tweets at Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the Blue Origin space venture, in the…
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Blue Origin leaving humans behind as next mission will carry scientific and research payloads
(Blue Origin Photo) Jeff Bezos and his crewmates won’t be hopping aboard for a suborbital redo on the next New Shepard mission. The Amazon founder’s space venture announced Wednesday that the 17th flight of the reusable rocket ship will carry scientific and research payloads. Blue Origin scheduled the launch for 6:35 a.m. PT on Aug.…
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Bezos’ Blue Origin sues NASA for giving Musk’s SpaceX sole contract to return astronauts to moon
Jeff Bezos shows a mockup of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) After focusing for much of his career on delivering packages to doorsteps, Jeff Bezos is turning his attention to delivering humans to the moon, and on Monday his commercial space venture showed just how seriously it’s taking its…
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Jeff Bezos offers to cover $2B more in costs as part of NASA lunar lander deal
An artist’s conception shows the lunar landing system designed by Blue Origin and its partners. (Blue Origin via YouTube) In an open letter to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin space venture will waive up to $2 billion in payments as part of a deal to build a second lunar landing…
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How to watch the countdown to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin suborbital space trip (and why)
Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship sits on its pad in preparation for a test flight in 2018. (Blue Origin Photo) UPDATE: ‘Best day ever!’ Blue Origin sends Jeff Bezos on suborbital trip with oldest and youngest spacefliers Original story: VAN HORN, Texas — More than two decades after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos created Blue Origin,…
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Blue Origin’s suborbital space ticket sales are nearing $100M, Jeff Bezos says
Oliver Daemen, Mark Bezos and Jeff Bezos listen to their New Shepard crewmate, Wally Funk, describe their suborbital space trip. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) VAN HORN, Texas — Blue Origin hasn’t yet revealed how much it’s charging for suborbital space trips, but founder Jeff Bezos said his space venture has already brought in nearly…
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‘Best day ever!’ Blue Origin sends Jeff Bezos on suborbital trip with oldest and youngest spacefliers
Jeff Bezos gets a welcome-back hug from his mother, Jacklyn Bezos, while crewmate Oliver Daemen, the world’s youngest spacefarer, is helped out of the New Shepard capsule. (Blue Origin via YouTube) VAN HORN, Texas — As of today, Jeff Bezos is not only the richest person on Earth. He’s the richest person to fly to…
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After Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin sees a ‘robust pipeline’ of future paying spacefliers
Suborbital space crewmates Oliver Daemen, Wally Funk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Bezos face the camera in front of a Blue Origin New Shepard booster. (Jeff Bezos via Instagram) Jeff Bezos and his crewmates are still finishing up their training for the first-ever crewed spaceflight conducted by Blue Origin, scheduled for Tuesday, but Bezos’ space venture…