Jeff Bezos Showcases Blue Origin

Jeff Bezos Showcases Blue Origin

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has finally revealed details on his space tourism venture Blue Origin. The project’s website highlights photos and videos from the venture’s maiden test flight in November.

It also showcases pictures from the West Texas launch range as well as Blue Origin’s production facility in a Seattle suburb.

Blue Origin was founded in 2000 by Bezos who wants to develop a new type of vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing rocket ship capable of taking passengers to the edge of space.

They are currently aiming for commercial trips to start in 2010.

Bezos wrote about this project: “We’re working, patiently and step-by-step, to lower the cost of spaceflight so that many people can afford to go and so that we humans can better continue exploring the solar system. Accomplishing this mission will take a long time, and we’re working on it methodically. We believe in incremental improvement and in keeping investments at a pace that’s sustainable. Slow and steady is the way to achieve results, and we do not kid ourselves into thinking this will get easier as we go along. Smaller, more frequent steps drive a faster rate of learning, help us maintain focus, and give each of us an opportunity to see our latest work fly sooner.”