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05 January 2007

A Bezos Blast

Pic3 Longtime TEDster Jeff Bezos, head of Amazon, has revealed video footage of an early test flight from his secret space project Blue Origin.  The vertical take-off vehicle shown here  blasted off gently on November 13th and reached a height of 285 feet before descending safely back to earth.

The project's goal is to lower the cost of space flight. Jeff writes: "Accomplishing this mission will take a long time, and we're working on it methodically. We believe in incremental improvement and in keeping investments at a pace that's sustainable. Slow and steady is the way to achieve results."

The site shows several images and videos. Jeff's role? Opening the champagne.

Blue Origin are now looking to ramp up their engineering team.

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