Blue Origin

Other companies with similar vehicles in development with initial funding from NASA are Boeing, based in Chicago, California-based Space Exploration Technologies, or Space X, and Blue Origin, which is based in the northwest US state of Washington.

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Outside of Amazon, Mr. Bezos has funded Blue Origin, which is developing manned spacecrafts.

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On the side, Bezos is funding aerospace company Blue Origin, which is developing spacecraft in West Texas.

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On the side, Bezos is funding aerospace company Blue Origin, which is developing spacecraft in West Texas.

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In addition, Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon. com has started a space exploration company called Blue Origin which has been cloaked in secrecy for the past 5 years.

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Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon. com, is funding Blue Origin, which is building a ship with a three-man conical capsule that takes off and lands vertically, akin to the lunar landing module.

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Other big names are Mr. Musk and SpaceX, which is racking up contracts with NASA, and Jeffrey P. Bezos, the Amazon.com founder, who has an aerospace company called Blue Origin.

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And Amazon's Jeff Bezos is heading a fourth company, Blue Origin, that is much more circumspect about its plans for a gumdrop-shaped ship.

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And Amazon's Jeff Bezos is heading a fourth company, Blue Origin, that is much more circumspect about its plans for a gumdrop-shaped ship.

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Other big names are Mr. Musk and SpaceX, which is racking up contracts with NASA, and Jeffrey P. Bezos, the Amazon.com founder, who has an aerospace company called Blue Origin.

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