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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, which is seeking to establish an industrial base in space. [5] [3] [1] Richard Branson's Virgin Group (through Virgin Galactic and the now cancelled Virgin Orbit), which seeks to dominate space tourism, low-cost small orbital launch vehicles, and intercontinental sub-orbital spaceflight. [5] [3] [1]
Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, SpaceX's competitor in commercial spaceflight, has rejected Mars colonization as a mere "Plan B", suggesting instead to preserve Earth through space development and moving all heavy industrial activity to space. [55] SpaceX's perspective has also been criticised as perpetuating the idea of colonialism.
The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos is a 2018 book by Christian Davenport. It covers the rise of the commercial space companies Blue Origin, led by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and SpaceX, led by PayPal and Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk.
Jeff Bezos said he's "putting a lot of time" into Amazon despite stepping down as CEO in 2021. Bezos said Wednesday at the DealBook Summit that he's spending 95% of his time at Amazon on AI.
FILE - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is seen on the sidelines before the start of an NFL football game, Sept. 15, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. After nearly three decades, Bezos is leaving Seattle.
SSI continued to hold conferences every other year to bring together scientists studying space colonization until 2001. [77] O'Neill's work informs the company Blue Origin founded by Jeff Bezos, which wants to build the infrastructure for future space colonization. [78]
On January 20, President-elect Donald Trump will take back the White House, and a second term could have far-reaching consequences for businesses and the economy, including Amazon. "Trump's ...
Bezos was born in Albuquerque and raised in Houston and Miami. He graduated from Princeton University in 1986 with degrees in electrical engineering and computer science. He worked on Wall Street in a variety of related fields from 1986 to early 1994. Bezos founded Amazon in mid-1994 on a road trip from New York City to Seattle.