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Jeff Bezos says we need to leave Earth
FoxNews.com/Science ^ | May 29, 2018 | Nick Whigham

Posted on 05/29/2018 9:20:42 AM PDT by ETL

The recently anointed richest person in the world, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, says we need to colonize the moon — and time is of the essence. ..."

Speaking at the Space Development Conference in Los Angeles over the weekend, Mr Bezos made the argument that in order to protect Earth and allow the human species to continue growing, we need to move much of our industrial activity to the moon, or even asteroids.

The 54-year-old billionaire said moving heavy industry into solar-powered space outposts is the only way to ensure that our planet can cope with the rising demand for energy and the stresses of a growing population.

“We will have to leave this planet,” he said, according to Geek Wire.

“We’re going to leave it, and it’s going to make this planet better. We’ll come and go, and the people who want to stay, will stay.”

Mr. Bezos believes it will happen in our lifetime because the human race has little alternative.

“The alternative is stasis,” he said, adding that without space settlements, societies around the globe “will have to stop growing” due to environmental and other constraints.

“That’s not the future that I want for my grandchildren, or my grandchildren’s grandchildren.”

The US government has stated it wants to pursue sustainable outposts in space and the Trump administration has shown renewed interest in returning to the moon. The Amazon CEO expects US government funding to play a vital role in efforts to build habitats in space but said his rocket company, Blue Origin, would push on with its mission even if it doesn’t receive funding help from NASA.

“It won’t be done by one company” or by NASA, he said but by “thousands of companies working in concert over many decades”.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: amazon; blueorigin; elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; globalwarminghoax; homosexualagenda; jeffbezos; mediawingofthednc; nasa; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; spacex
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To: ETL

Makes a lot of sense, to move to a body that has 2% the volume and 7.4% the surface of the earth.

Like leaving an overcrowded apt and moving into a microwave oven.


61 posted on 05/29/2018 11:31:24 AM PDT by FNU LNU
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Image result for amazon women moon film
62 posted on 05/29/2018 11:37:45 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: jiggyboy

So you are saying that you have to haul even more to reach your 16 ton quota for the day?

How long is a day on the moon anyhow?

Any holidays off?


63 posted on 05/29/2018 11:53:34 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

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Posted on 05/29/2018 9:22:56 AM PDT by servo1969
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3658981/posts


64 posted on 05/29/2018 11:55:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: ETL

Check it out Jeff and report back.


65 posted on 05/29/2018 11:57:37 AM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: ETL

It will be the only way to escape islam.


66 posted on 05/29/2018 12:15:40 PM PDT by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: ETL

Lex Luthor needs to leave Earth. Ask Brainiac for a lift.


67 posted on 05/29/2018 1:41:13 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: discostu

If we ain’t got off this one by then none of the rest matters.

Just a footnote in some alien archeologists book on
extinct planets...


68 posted on 05/29/2018 1:44:52 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: DannyTN

If it pays. Otherwise its just a temporary ego booster thing for rich twirps.


69 posted on 05/29/2018 3:07:47 PM PDT by elbook
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To: kjam22

It may be Bernie from the crypt, y’know! But I am glad that you have a ranch to utilize to hopefully stay out of the reach of tanks.


70 posted on 05/30/2018 7:33:47 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("Words with lightness thus endowed Formed melodies, I know not how." Al Stewart from "The Elf")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
“The alternative is stasis,” he said, adding that without space settlements, societies around the globe “will have to stop growing” due to environmental and other constraints.
The good news is, Bezos will only be around for maybe another 20 years, flappin' his big fat mouth about global warming, and the need for more H1B visas -- but meanwhile could wind up getting elected President of the United States. Thanks ETL.

71 posted on 05/30/2018 10:35:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks ETL. Here's a video, I think it's the one I watched yesterday on the Roku (can't check from this machine) -- very interesting reasoning by Jeff Bezos regarding photovoltaic power and whether we should spread out to other planets.
Jeff Bezos' Shocking Response to Elon Musk

Jeff Bezos' Shocking Response to Elon Musk

72 posted on 07/04/2018 2:25:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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Jeff Bezos dreams of a world with a trillion people living in space
Catherine Clifford
1:21 PM ET Tue, 1 May 2018
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/01/jeff-bezos-dreams-of-a-world-with-a-trillion-people-living-in-space.html


73 posted on 07/04/2018 2:28:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: SunkenCiv

Typical leftardy.

SJW’s always;
Lie,
Project,
Double Down.

This is an example of SJW projection. The truth is *we* need him and his fellow travelers to GTHO the planet.


74 posted on 07/04/2018 10:22:20 AM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: ETL

He’s right. We’re due for a large asteroid collision. Few, if any of us, will survive it.


75 posted on 07/04/2018 10:26:31 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: al baby

That’s the first image that came to mind.

Thanks!


76 posted on 07/04/2018 10:31:41 AM PDT by Peter W. Kessler ("NUTS!!!")
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To: ETL
"We" aren't going anywhere. While I agree that space colonization is the only way for the species to survive an otherwise fatal planetary disaster, it's going to be a very long-term project. We need a couple of things first: a destination, a means of transportation, and a means of extracting the resources necessary for a population of air-breathing, pooping mammals to achieve at least sustainability and better, growth, because that's how biology works.

Every colonization project in human history has met these prerequisites. And right now even the baby steps look like tremendous leaps. Doesn't mean we can't take them, but it does mean we'd better not imagine it's going to be easy.

77 posted on 07/04/2018 10:43:24 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ETL

Another C02-is-toxic-humans-are-evil lunatic.


78 posted on 07/04/2018 10:48:47 AM PDT by deadrock
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To: ETL

all in favor of Bezos leaving raise your hand...

wow! the planet tilted!


79 posted on 07/04/2018 10:53:52 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: ETL

I like a visionary, except this guy.
Mr. WAPO can step off any moment as far as I am concerned.


80 posted on 07/04/2018 10:54:19 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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