Jeff Bezos

Steve Jobs announcing the iPhone 4 in 2010. From Wikipedia

The "visionaries" in Silicon Valley prefer profits over technological advances

A management researcher from the University of Essex argues that true discovery and progress cannot rely on the minds and motivations of a few famous men. This involves investing in institutions that are anchored in democracy and sustainability - not only because
Richard Branson and the passengers who accompanied him on the first suborbital flight. PR photo, Virgin Galactic

Interstellar contamination | angle

In recent weeks, space tourism has become a reality for two of the world's richest men. Is it an expensive but harmless amusement, or another blow to the earth's battered atmosphere? We went out to check
Richard Branson, founder and CEO of Virgin Galactic hovers in the passenger compartment of the suborbital spaceship SpaceShip2 on the Unity 22 mission on July 11, 2021. PR photo, Virgin Galactic

The billionaire space race is a publicity stunt but may help promote the space economy

This is according to an analysis by PITCHBOOK. According to the analysts, before flying humans into space, advanced uses of satellites should be exhausted and the problem of space debris should be addressed, but the budget for this may be reached thanks to these gimmicks.
With room for six astronauts, the spacious and compact crew capsule is comfortably furnished and each passenger gets their own window seat. PR photo, Blue Origin

The winner will be chosen to fly together with Jeff Bezos and his brother on July 20 into space * will pay 23 m

The yet-to-be-revealed winner together with the Bezos brothers will fly for a suborbital flight - that is, reaching an altitude of 100 kilometers, staying for a few minutes in low gravity and observing the curvature of the Earth, and landing
Blue Moon Lunar Lander. Illustration: Blue Origin Company

Jeff Bezos announced the first commercial lunar lander

The successful landing of the New Shepard launcher yesterday (December 12) at the Blue Origin launch site in West Texas. Source: Blue Origin.

Blue Origin is taking another step towards tourist flights into space

MARS DRAGON - a spacecraft that SPACEX plans to launch to Mars. PR photo

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