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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)

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.

namelessoracle 5y ago
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
WalterBright 5y ago
If that was true, Bezos would have sent someone else on the test of manned flight rather than risk his own ass.
relativ575 5y ago
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-featuring-princeton-visionary-physicist-gerard-oneill-premieres https://www.princeton.edu/news/2021/04/16/documentary-featur...
johnsimer 5y ago
His high school valedictorian speech was about going to space: https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-space-travel-lifelong-obsession-blue-origin-flight-2021-6#:~:text=Bezos%20used%20his%20high%20school%20valedictorian%20speech%20to%20talk%20about%20colonizing%20space&text=When%20Bezos%20became%20valedictorian%20of,to%20send%20civilization%20to%20space https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-space-travel-life....

namelessoracle 5y ago

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

WalterBright 5y ago

If that was true, Bezos would have sent someone else on the test of manned flight rather than risk his own ass.

relativ575 5y ago

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-featuring-princeton-visionary-physicist-gerard-oneill-premieres https://www.princeton.edu/news/2021/04/16/documentary-featur...

johnsimer 5y ago

His high school valedictorian speech was about going to space: https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-space-travel-lifelong-obsession-blue-origin-flight-2021-6#:~:text=Bezos%20used%20his%20high%20school%20valedictorian%20speech%20to%20talk%20about%20colonizing%20space&text=When%20Bezos%20became%20valedictorian%20of,to%20send%20civilization%20to%20space https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-space-travel-life....