Tag: Robert Heinlein
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For Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos gets Heinlein Prize and a sword – then gives away $250K
Jeff Bezos (center) shows off a sword that serves as part of the Heinlein Prize, as XPRIZE co-founder Peter Diamandis (right) takes the selfie and Art Dula (left), trustee for the Heinlein Prize Trust, looks on. (Credit: Peter Diamandis via Twitter) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos received one of the spaceflight community’s richest honors, the Heinlein…
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos wins Heinlein Prize for space commercialization at Blue Origin
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is the founder of Blue Origin. (Credit: Blue Origin) Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, has won the prestigious Heinlein Prize for his efforts to advance space commercialization at another company he founded, Blue Origin. Bezos follows in the footsteps of SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Peter Diamandis, who played a lead…