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2021-07-21
Jeff Bezos on future of spaceflight: "We can move all heavy industry and all polluting industry off of Earth"
The Blue Origin founder said it will take decades to get there, but it can be done.
The Blue Origin founder said it will take decades to get there, but it can be done.
Mr. Bezos says space tourism is a first step toward moving people (and heavy industry) into space to avert an energy crisis on Earth.
The world’s richest man thanked Amazon employees and customers for making his flight to space possible.
Jonathan Kanter will lead the Justice Department’s trustbusting unit.
Bezos says he's committed to fighting climate change, but suborbital space flights would add a new source of carbon emissions.