Remarkableriots Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48222568 Quote Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has unveiled a mock-up of a new lunar lander spacecraft that aims to take equipment and humans to the Moon by 2024. The unmanned, reusable Blue Moon vehicle will carry scientific instruments, satellites and rovers. It will feature a new rocket engine called BE-7 that can blast 10,000lb (4,535kg) of thrust. "It's time to go back to the Moon, this time to stay," said Mr Bezos. Mr Bezos presented the Moon goals of his space exploration company Blue Origin at the Washington Convention Center in Washington DC, to an audience consisting of potential customers and officials from Nasa. The Blue Moon lunar lander comes loaded with enough fuel to get from Earth to the Moon. It can deliver payloads to the lunar surface, deploy up to four self-driving rovers, and launch satellites to orbit the Moon. Blue Moon will weigh 33,000lb when loaded with fuel on lift-off from Earth, which will decrease to about 7,000lb when it is about to land on the Moon. They should use it to send Bezos to the moon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 When I pictured Heinlein's "Loonies", I did not see them in Amazon warehouse uniforms, but it does seem fitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Billionaires want off this rock before we irreversibly fuck this planet up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 35 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Billionaires want off this rock before we irreversibly fuck this planet up No, they want off this rock so they can colonize the next rock before other billionaires/governments. Status quo for humanity. i.e. East India Company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Lord Bezos is just taking his next step to becoming a full fledged bond villain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 25 minutes ago, Comet said: No, they want off this rock so they can colonize the next rock before other billionaires/governments. Status quo for humanity. i.e. East India Company Why not both? Quote I asked Hoffman to estimate what share of fellow Silicon Valley billionaires have acquired some level of “apocalypse insurance,” in the form of a hideaway in the U.S. or abroad. “I would guess fifty-plus per cent,” he said, “but that’s parallel with the decision to buy a vacation home. Human motivation is complex, and I think people can say, ‘I now have a safety blanket for this thing that scares me.’ ” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Billionaires want off this rock before we irreversibly fuck this planet up 28 minutes ago, Comet said: No, they want off this rock so they can colonize the next rock before other billionaires/governments. Status quo for humanity. i.e. East India Company I think Comet is correct. There may be altruism behind Bezo's goals (and that's definitely true for Musk as well), but the possibility of making even more money is what is driving him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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