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Re:Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contra... by mattr47 on Saturday July 31, 2021 @05:32PM (#28021735)
Bezos was never a scientist, engineer or dreamer. He is an entrepreneur, business savvy guy. Its about the dollar for him (which I'm not saying is a bad thing), versus for Elon it is a dream/passion to get to Mars.
Re:Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contra... by relativ575 on Saturday July 31, 2021 @06:40PM (#28022112)
He's always been a big space nerd.

"While at Princeton, Bezos attended O’Neill’s seminars and ran the campus chapter of “Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.” Through Blue Origin, which he has called his “most important work,” Bezos is developing detailed plans to realize O’Neill’s vision." - [0]

[0] https://www.princeton.edu/news/2021/04/16/documentary-featur...

Re:Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contra... by johnsimer on Saturday July 31, 2021 @07:20PM (#28022284)
His high school valedictorian speech was about going to space: https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-space-travel-life....
Re:Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contra... by namelessoracle on Saturday July 31, 2021 @05:55PM (#28021877)
The kind of guy who saves The Expanse on a whim probably does have at least a hobbyist interest in space.

Elon was probably more invested earlier and was paying more attention to what was going on is for sure though. Im not convinced Bezos personal attention is going to do much to help his space company though. Nothing about him seems like it would help other than his wealth. And he hasnt shown a willingness to throw a significant part of his fortune into his space venture. Nothing about this strikes me as anything more than what is a hobby that one of the richest persons in the world is passionate about

Re:Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contra... by WalterBright on Saturday July 31, 2021 @06:22PM (#28022015)
If that was true, Bezos would have sent someone else on the test of manned flight rather than risk his own ass.