Billionaire Jeff Bezos to unveil plans for moon presence, sources say

Reuters ^ | May 9, 2019 | by Joey Roulette

[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.

[Aevery_Freeman]

Then we’ll send Congress!

[wally_bert]

Moon Zero Two comes to mind.

[brownsfan]

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.

[DoughtyOne]

It’s a recipe book...

[ETL]

Yes, a cook book.

[Moonman62]

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

[dljordan]

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

[grania]

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?

[SunkenCiv]

Bezos is also not trying to run an auto company and/or bore tunnels through the fractured basement rock of California.

[Zathras]

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

[wally_bert]

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

[BTerclinger]

[Eleutheria5]

Israel’s got to get there first.

[BTerclinger]

Works for me. Bezos is garbage.

[BTerclinger]

added to list.

[Impala64ssa]

BANG ZOOM!!😁

[Vermont Lt]

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.

[mass55th]

He can send pictures of his phallus from the moon!

[Eleutheria5]

Apologize to garbage. He’s fascist garbage.