“In the near future, astronauts and private citizens might be able to travel to space and spend time in the Orbital Reef – a private space station for long-term living and used for commerce, research, and tourism. The project, headed by Sierra Space and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, aims to be operational in low-Earth orbit by 2027 and it has just passed important NASA tests.”
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“Reusable booster rockets are now being used by multiple companies thanks to SpaceX’s pioneering efforts. This will lead to cheap space travel, space tourism, space mining, bases on Moon, colonization of Mars, etc.”
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At best, this can be considered a distraction from other important issues going on in the world. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent some angry tweets directed at Amazon — and rival space company Blue Origin — CEO Jeff Bezos, calling Amazon a monopoly that deserved to be broken up. “This is insane,” Musk tweeted to Bezos . He then followed
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