Posted on 01/08/2007 4:55:06 PM PST by KevinDavis
For the project, Bezos in on lookout for experienced aerospace engineers. Through the venture, Blue Origin, the company hopes to substantially lower the cost of spaceflight to appeal to the average citizen.
"Blue Origin wants you!.We're working, patiently and step-by-step, to lower the cost of spaceflight so that many people can afford to go and so that we humans can better continue exploring the solar system. Accomplishing this mission will take a long time, and we're working on it methodically. We believe in incremental improvement and in keeping investments at a pace that's sustainable. Slow and steady is the way to achieve results, and we do not kid ourselves into thinking this will get easier as we go along. Smaller, more frequent steps drive a faster rate of learning, help us maintain focus, and give each of us an opportunity to see our latest work fly sooner. Our first objective is developing New Shepard, a vertical take-off, vertical-landing vehicle designed to take a small number of astronauts on a sub-orbital journey into space," says an official statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at eyefortravel.com ...
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