How Cool Is This? Bezos' Blue Origin Update

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A nice overview of what Amazon founder's (Jeff Bezos) space exploration company (Blue Origin) is up to.

Here's a taste:

“The probability of success is difficult to estimate, but if we never search the chance of success is zero.”

...if there’s one industry that can still make us all stop, hold our collective breaths, and cheer when it's successful, it’s the space industry. Promoting those reactions, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture dropped audience's jaws when it previewed the company’s New Glenn rocket, lunar lander, lunar rover, and plans for space travel in the very near future.

The presentation had been shrouded in secrecy for weeks as the company released a few teasers via its social media channels. The payoff was much greater than anyone expected. Most believed that Blue Origin would give more details on its new rocket capable of reaching the Moon. And in fact, it did that. The conference released further details about the New Glenn, which according to the infographic displayed during the press conference, is slightly smaller than a Saturn V. It’s also in stark contrast to Blue Origin’s much smaller New Shepard rocket, which is scheduled for its first human tests later this year.

Link: "Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Space Venture Unveils Lunar Lander, Rover, and Rocket"

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