Amazon's Jeff Bezos Sets His Sights on the Stars

An anonymous reader writes "Yahoo News is reporting that Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is looking to open a 'rocket-ship complex' for his new startup Blue Origin early next year. From the article: 'Blue Origin has released few details about the project. But a Texas newspaper editor who interviewed Bezos earlier this year said the billionaire talked [about] sending a spaceship into orbit that launches and lands vertically, like a rocket, and eventually building spaceships that can orbit the Earth -- possibly leading to permanent colonies in space.'"

heheh

[Keyframe2]

so amazon will have shipment to space? and cargo could be people?? nice :) DHL stock should rise on this one

ok

[ikea5]

I guess all his money is really disappearing into thin air.

Patented Interface

[D-Cypell]

the billionaire talked [about] sending a spaceship into orbit that launches and lands vertically ...With just a single click.

Wait for Google

[meckardt]

I don't know about Amazon... I think that Google will put up a better launch vehicle.

Re:Foreign airspace (spacespace?)

[gumpish]

Also, a geosynchronous orbit is necessarily located above the equator. Any country that doesn't own a part of the equator can't have a geosynchronous satellite above their heads.

Guess it's time for us to liberate South America.

Re:Foreign airspace (spacespace?)

[mr_mophead]

Good to hear that our hard working satellites get a week or so off. Wouldn't want them getting burnt out.