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Actually if you pay a little attention to Bezos, it's clear that his focus has been outer space at least since he was a college student. IMO Amazon was an oppor
by redredrobot 6y ago
Actually if you pay a little attention to Bezos, it's clear that his focus has been outer space at least since he was a college student. IMO Amazon was an opportunity that Bezos saw while Blue Origin is the fulfillment of his lifelong dream.
- throwaway1777 6y agoSo if it’s his dream when does he start actually focusing on it?
- redredrobot 6y agoWhat do you mean? Prior to COVID I thought Bezos had his full attention on Blue Origin
- simonh 6y agoAbout 9 years ago when they started development of the BE-4. Up until then Blue Origin was mainly a think tank and research project. I've been quite dismissive of Blue Origin in the past, their pace of development seemed so sluggish compared to SpaceX, but I think that was somewhat unfair. It seems Bezos only really started pouring money into the project a few years ago though. BE-34 does seem to be behind schedule, or at least the launch vehicles are by a year or two, but that's par for the course for big rockets.
- tosssingaway567 6y agoWell, it a money burning venture, by making amazon bigger and bigger he is contributing to blue origin. He funds blue origin with more than a billion $ every year from the sales of his own amazon stock. Without amazon filling his pockets he can't finance blue origin. He puts more of his money in blue origin every year than the amount amazon will pay for zoox