Posted on 01/19/2005 8:03:34 PM PST by KevinDavis
Cape Canaveral, FL, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- For years, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has been laboring in secret at his Seattle headquarters on a space-related project known only as Blue Origin.
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Interesting. I would like to see his plans for a vertical launch spaceship.
The more the merrier.
I have lived in that part of West Texas; it is an ideal spot for rocketry - errant rocket have jolly little chance of destroying anything on the ground. Sparsely populated with very few towns. At least the Van Horn municipal golf course will get a boost. ;-)
It would be neat to see a bunch of Vulcans to play golf...
Ta! Seriously, that part of West Texas is composed of thousands of acres of wide-open space with a few town scattered here and there. El Paso is the only sizeable city and it is a long drive away. You can attend excellent star parties out there.
He was in my physics class, and he was an absolute brain. I was surprised that he didn't end up in the hard core sciences or engineering, but I guess with this venture, he gets to do both!
Congrats Jeff, and next time, how about a stock tip?
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