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Jeff Bezos recently shared his vision in an interview with Lex Fridman: a future where a trillion humans populate our Solar System."I would love to see a trillion humans living in the Solar System. If we had a trillion humans, we would have, at any given time, 1,000 Mozarts and 1,000 Einsteins," he said."The only way to get to that vision is with giant space stations. The planetary surfaces are just way too small."A trillion souls for a thousand Mozarts and a thousand Einsteins is a pretty good deal, all things…

The American company Blue Origin plans to launch its rocketv Big Shepard Monday for the first time since an accident more than a year ago, as the firm founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos heads back into space. The launch window from the pad in west Texas opens at 8:30 am local time (14H30 GMT), said Blue Origin, which plans to live stream the event.This mission known as NS-24 will not carry a crew but rather equipment for scientific experiments, more than half of which Blue Origin has developed in conjunction with NASA. In…

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During a test firing in late June, a Blue Origin rocket engine exploded at the company’s West Texas facility in what could be another major setback for the launch of the Vulcan Centaur rocket.William Shatner on Jeff BezosBlue Origin’s BE-4 engine exploded about 10 seconds into the test on June 30, destroying the engine and heavily damaging the test stand infrastructure, CNBC reported based on anonymous sources familiar with the matter. “No personnel were injured and we are currently assessing root cause,” a Blue Origin…

Sanchez is an experienced pilot and will lead the all-women crew aboard the currently grounded New Shepard sometime next year. Image: Kevin Winter (Getty Images)Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is currently grounded, but that’s not stopping the Jeff Bezos-led company from making plans. A future flight in 2024 will feature an all-women crew led by Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos’ partner Lauren Sánchez.Sánchez spilled the beans on the flight in an interview with the Wall Street Journal published this week. Sánchez has been a…

An illustration of the human lunar lander on the surface of the Moon.Illustration: Blue OriginBlue Origin is once again making a pitch to build a lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis program. The space company is partnering with Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Astrobotic Technology, Honeybee Robotics, and Draper in hopes of building a second lander, Blue Origin announced on Tuesday.Earlier this year, NASA formally announced its intention to procurea second lunar lander for its Artemis program, so it comes as little surprise to learn…

Top Washington Post executives recently came to owner Jeff Bezos with a proposal. The company had spent the better part of a decade turning an in-house publishing tool into a broader software business, with some success.The Post’s software, known as Arc XP, now services the likes of pro basketball’s Golden State Warriors and energy company BP PLC. But the business, the executives said, had reached a crossroads and the Post needed to explore a spinoff or sale to…

Jeff Bezos ‘s space company said it is making another run at the moon, after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration chose rival SpaceX to handle a high-profile lunar mission last year. Blue Origin LLC, the space company Mr. Bezos founded and has backed, said Tuesday in a tweet that it is part of a group that submitted a bid to develop a lunar lander capable of transporting NASA astronauts to the surface of the moon on future missions for…

Blue Origin LLC, the space launch vehicle startup founded by Amazon.com Inc. chair Jeff Bezos, expects next month to complete a review . Blue Origin LLC, the space launch vehicle startup founded by Amazon.com Inc. chair Jeff Bezos, expects next month to complete a review of a recent accident but won't send another rocket aloft until sometime in 2023. The company's vice president of its New Shepard rocket's mission and fight operations, Audrey Powers, told attendees Wednesday at a conference in Washington, D.C., that…

Billionaire Jeff Bezos is being sued by one of his former housekeepers, Mercedes Wedaa. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Washington’s King County Superior Court, alleges that Wedaa worked for three years in the Amazon founder’s primary residence and other homes. It details alarming claims of racial discrimination, long hours, unsafe conditions, and other workplace violations, as first reported on by Geek Wire.01:25Randall Park's Favorite SuperheroesMonday 5:02PMIn the case, Wedaa says she sometimes worked between 10 and 14…