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Billionaire Jeff Bezos to unveil plans for moon presence, sources say
Reuters ^ | May 9, 2019 | by Joey Roulette

Posted on 05/09/2019 11:43:56 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, the founder of rocket company Blue Origin, will unveil plans on Thursday for missions to the moon tailored to the U.S. government’s renewed push to establish a lunar outpost in just five years, people familiar with the matter said.

Bezos, the world’s richest man and also chief executive and founder of Amazon.com, is scheduled to host a rare media event at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) in Washington to provide “an update on our progress and share our vision of going to space to benefit Earth,” Blue Origin said in an advisory.

Blue Origin spokeswoman Caitlin Dietrich did not respond to requests for comment.

Privately held Blue Origin, based in Kent, Washington, has been tight-lipped about its lunar strategy. But people familiar with the company’s plans, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Bezos is expected to lay out details on lunar missions and a lunar lander spacecraft that the company is developing. Blue has also discussed a human outpost on the moon.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: amazon; bezos; billionaires; blueorigin; districtofcolumbia; jeffbezos; moon; moonbat; privatespace; trumpnasa; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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To: Aevery_Freeman

Then we’ll send Congress!


21 posted on 05/09/2019 12:03:04 PM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (The Elite: Too stupid to know when to quit stealing!)
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To: Paulie

Moon Zero Two comes to mind.


22 posted on 05/09/2019 12:03:11 PM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I applaud the effort, but I don’t think modern, liberal America has the stomach for this kind of expedition.

The first fatality will cause mass bed wetting, and result in law suits that will shut down the company.


23 posted on 05/09/2019 12:03:31 PM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: ETL

It’s a recipe book...


24 posted on 05/09/2019 12:07:43 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Can I get a shout out for the person(s) who donated $2,000.00 from France? Thanks so much! Wow!)
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To: DoughtyOne

Yes, a cook book.


25 posted on 05/09/2019 12:12:31 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Fake Dossier, Uranium-1 Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: SunkenCiv

Because Blue Origin gets an unlimited supply of money from Bezos, they lack urgency.


26 posted on 05/09/2019 12:13:53 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Facts are racist.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh Lord! A Progressive moon base. It’ll never work.


27 posted on 05/09/2019 12:16:10 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: brownsfan

A private enterprise will insulate itself from a lot of the problems you mention. The problem I foresee is what happens when out-of-control corporations claim the moon and then Mars for themselves, if they get there first?


28 posted on 05/09/2019 12:18:10 PM PDT by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: Moonman62
Bezos is also not trying to run an auto company and/or bore tunnels through the fractured basement rock of California.

29 posted on 05/09/2019 12:21:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: rktman

The only way they can get there in 5 years is a one way trip.
“One of these days...Bezos...”


30 posted on 05/09/2019 12:22:39 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Secret Agent Man

Jeff had best get something like moonbase Alpha’s Eagles built for that delivery schedule.


31 posted on 05/09/2019 12:23:12 PM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: RoseofTexas; pookie18; alisasny; AliVeritas; Ancesthntr; Ann Archy; archy; b4me; ...

32 posted on 05/09/2019 12:34:11 PM PDT by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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To: BTerclinger

Israel’s got to get there first.


33 posted on 05/09/2019 12:37:29 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Works for me. Bezos is garbage.


34 posted on 05/09/2019 12:40:46 PM PDT by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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To: Albion Wilde

added to list.


36 posted on 05/09/2019 12:45:58 PM PDT by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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To: Paulie
BANG ZOOM!!😁
37 posted on 05/09/2019 12:58:13 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Go to the moon. Make that your headquarters. All revenues are delivered electronically to the moon. So there is no revenue on the earth. Just expenses.

No tax ever.


38 posted on 05/09/2019 1:01:30 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (If we get Medicare for all, will we have to show IDs for service?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He can send pictures of his phallus from the moon!


39 posted on 05/09/2019 1:42:35 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: BTerclinger

Apologize to garbage. He’s fascist garbage.


40 posted on 05/09/2019 1:54:42 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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