Elon Musk, founding father of SpaceX, left, and Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos.
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Jeff Bezos in an interview with Reuters on Sun,day stated he doesn’t suppose SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will use his shut ties with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to undercut his area firm Blue Origin, including he feels “very optimistic” concerning the incoming administration’s area agenda.
“Elon has been very clear that he is doing this for the general public curiosity and never for his private achieve. And I take him at face worth,” stated Bezos, founding father of Blue Origin, which rivals SpaceX within the area business.
Bezos is in Cape Canaveral, Florida, for the debut launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn, a 30-story-tall rocket that’s anticipated to chip away at SpaceX’s market dominance and kick-start Blue Origin’s long-delayed entrance into the satellite tv for pc launch enterprise.
Musk, who spent greater than 1 / 4 billion {dollars} to assist elect Trump, has had the president-elect’s ear on area issues and final month stated the U.S. ought to ship missions straight to Mars as a substitute of going to the moon first, elevating business considerations of a serious shakeup to NASA’s area exploration program.
“My personal opinion is that we must always do each — we have to go to the moon and we must always go to Mars,” Bezos stated when requested if he was involved about modifications to NASA’s moon program.
“What we should not do is begin and cease issues. We ought to proceed with the lunar program for certain,” Bezos stated.
Trump in his second time period is predicted to make sweeping modifications to NASA’s moon program and focus closely on sending missions to Mars.
