Blue Origin 2019: For the Benefit of Earth

On May 9, 2019, our founder discussed his vision to go to space for the benefit of Earth.
In addition, he also announced the Blue Moon lunar lander, which is capable of taking people and payloads to the lunar surface. Below you’ll find more information about these announcements.
Blue Moon lunar lander: Blue Origin announced Blue Moon, its large lunar lander capable of delivering multiple metric tons of payload to the lunar surface based on configuration and mission. The cargo variant revealed today can carry 3.6 metric tons to the surface. We have also designed a variant of the lander that can stretch to be capable of carrying a 6.5-metric-ton, human-rated ascent stage. Blue also announced it can meet the current Administration's goal of putting Americans on the Moon by 2024 with the Blue Moon lunar lander.
BE-7 engine: The Blue Moon lunar lander will be powered by the BE-7 engine, a new addition to Blue Origin’s family of engines. The BE-7’s 40 kN (10,000 lbf) thrust is designed for large lunar payload transport. The engine’s propellants are a highly-efficient combination of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. The BE-7 will have its first hotfire this summer. The engine will be available for sale to other companies for use in in-space and lander applications.
Club For the Future: A non-profit founded by Blue Origin dedicated to inspiring and engaging the next generation of dreamers and space entrepreneurs as we journey to preserve Earth and unlock the potential of living and working in space. The Club will bring together K-12 students, educators and leaders for campaigns and initiatives utilizing Blue Origin’s unique access to space. The Club’s first activity will be to send a postcard to space and back on a future New Shepard mission-the first ever space mail. Learn more on the website (www.clubforfuture.org). Follow @ClubforFuture on Twitter and Instagram.

[@justgive568]

But will there be Prime Delivery to these colonies?

[@OGKennyLee]

You know there will

[@jameyhibberd6659]

didn't you know that, amazon is everywhere.

[@jonnes__4657]

Prime-Snail Delivery ;-) .

[@kayokk-]

hahaha.. Now, that's funny. Funny, cause its a valid question at some point in the distant future.

[@BlackWolf6420]

That’s why he’s going to space. To expand Amazon

[@OneTrueScotsman]

How cool is it to think about some future student from the year 2100, watching this presentation, somewhere in space?

[@V0YAG3R]

Secular Guy no

[@KsNewSpace]

@Phil Fry Musk wants to put a million people on Mars by 2100. I'm sure cities in earth orbit will be a thing by then as well since you have to build large refueling stations anyways. Leaving earth every 2 years with a giant fleet you dont want to refuel them 1 by 1 with launches. You want to spend the two years to refuel a station. You just have to figure out the storage problem.

[@woke9799]

@Phil Fry u underestimate the rate of current progression in the information age... i wouldn't be surprised if there's private space trips for wealthy by 2040. in fact, i'd bet you on that. Elon musk just announced his prototype starship like 2 days ago. The final version will be used to go to the mars/moon. He plans on putting it in orbit in as little as 6months, and hopefully have people flying in it by next year.

[@hbombfreak]

That is, if we can even stay outside of Earth.

[@sneekmatrix]

Bezos is the tued of humanity 😈

[@DieselDick03]

Imagine if him and Elon teamed up... But on another note, that suit is fresh af my guy.

[@dmahar58]

Yep, we would have 2X the science fiction BS 😑

[@DieselDick03]

questioneverything lemme guess, u think the earth is flat? Piss off.

[@dmahar58]

@@DieselDick03 Let me guess you think you live on a spinning ball, with Tesla roadsters orbiting in space. " You know its real, because it looks so fake!" Pseudo science has indoctrinated you with science fiction! The earth is observably, and measurably a plane.

[@lckylke5751]

@@dmahar58 I hope u r joking

[@nightlightabcd]

Why would Elon want to team up with Bezos? Blue Origin hasn't done anything and SpaceX has and is doing everything! Bezos is more like competing with Brniff's Virgin Galactic.

[@HammerRocks]

Humans are born explorers, it's great to see we are exploring again. I wish you all the very best. The entire human race needs this not only for a better future for all Earth species, but for our survival.

[@LeeMaitland]

When the first cars were created only the wealthy could afford them, now everyone has one. When the first commercial flights took off only the wealthy could afford them, now most can afford a flight. When the first computers were built only the wealthy could afford them, now they are in all of our pockets. When the first electric car was built only the wealthy could afford them, within a few decade they will be your only option. When the first paying customers went to space it was for the wealthy, we are at the beginning of that phase in our development, tomorrow it will be commonplace and taken for granted because of pioneers like these who have the motivation and the means to make it happen, and there will still be those who don't believe that progress is inevitable. 'If you don't believe that we can change the world, it just means that you are not one of those that will' - Jaques Fresco. This is an amazing time to be alive and if you focus on endeavors like this, supporting it rather than trying to belittle it, it will only get better.

[@gregorflopinski9016]

But just like cars, most people need loans to afford then

[@LeeMaitland]

@@gregorflopinski9016 if that were me I would take out a car equivalent loan to travel in space, and I'm against borrowing anything. An average middle class person can afford a car, a flight etc, today in cash, in the early years that was impossible for everyone but the rich. Yes not everyone on earth will be able to afford it right away, or at all, but we shouldn't wait until everyone can afford it before we proceed, we have to proceed first to absorb resources from the wealthy, in order to reduce the price so that more people can do what every generation before us could only dream of. Imagine if traveling to space was only a loan away..

[@adiffrentpointofveiw9666]

thanks for the optimism so much anti this or that or trying to poke holes in a plan that has been iterated upon for decades that Jeff only brushed over.

[@matthewb.7172]

Lol the whole reason there's a middle class at all is due to unionization, philanthropy, and redistributed tax wealth. Henry Ford paid his employees a living wage, but Bezos makes his employees sweat for scraps. I can't afford a car because I made the mistake of earning an education in America, where the rich have captured the government, dodged taxes, and reduced govt spending on vital programs. I'll be punished for 20 years with student debt. Meanwhile, this asshole doesn't even pay federal taxes. TAX THE RICH

[@meshackkimuto6093]

Agree with this

[@higgsy94]

Jeff, please go on Joe Rogan's podcast! Congratulations on Blue Moon we are so stoked!

[@albclean]

Who is Joe rogan?

[@erichighsmith7299]

dude, Nathan I love listening to JRE podcasts and Jeff would be a great guest... one of his latest episodes with Jamie Metzl was very interesting as well, not space related but futuristic in nature.

[@wizzyone1555]

Yawn.

[@orreborre96]

So that also he can smoke weed with Joeii! :D

[@rasicule]

Drink some Blue Moon with Joe lol

[@josy26]

31:59 "like driving your car to the mall..." - JB laughs to himself, nobody does that anymore because of me

[@kitkat47chrysalis95]

@xc5647321 xc5647321 the joke is because amazon has forced 30% of United States malls to close down

[@glaucousgrey990]

I've always been a huge SpaceX fan, and I like them as a company more because of the way that they handle PR and interact with the public. That said I think it looks like Blue Origin has the better plan. They are taking this at the right pace, and they are making good business decisions at all turns. I love SpaceX, and I believe that they will be the ones to open the space frontier and take us to mars, but I think Blue Origin will be the company that *truly* changes our culture as we know it.

[@SueZenBaisch]

I believe it too.

[@mujahidacmad6196]

so you think make O'Neil cylinder much better than possible teraforming a planet? you know i believe in jeff, but it is elon version of colonizing space is much inspiring. He just not solving problem but what his doing is more adventure.. rather solving a single planet but a moving planet not just in this solar system but in other star system... that was more incredible.. tha creating a space infrastructure..

[@justindixon7441]

@@mujahidacmad6196 Terraforming mars is a pipe dream scientifically. You may be able to do so short-term but the atmosphere WILL bleed off and you will need to create a global magnetic shield due to the lack of an active core. So yes, O'Neils are more realistic for the time being.

[@ThatGuy-zh3vu]

Elon Musk is a straight up lunatic yet he has so much power because our government keeps shoveling him money

[@harbirsingh7266]

11:25 What happens when unlimited demand meets finite resources? Me: Thanos

[@candacelangm]

Bezos: what happens when unlimited demand meets finite resources? Me: *puts nerd glasses on* Amazon... In space? 😃

[@meshackkimuto6093]

Hahahahaha its amazing seeing this , I love this

[@steampunksamp80]

They could use asteroids, meteors, etc, I forget which is which meteor or meteorite, but hey would collect these from rocks from space, reducing people doesn’t help

[@natashahomestead]

If you only knew. And maybe you do....

[@pavelnikulin8240]

Operation British

[@DeckerBens]

I love how dark the stage is. Very efficient for my AMOLED display.

[@timur4844]

Ikr

[@aaronthegreat1461]

Someone has been watching Isaac Arthur vids lol.

[@kierancalder8573]

But not enough Isaac Arthur vids😄

[@manuelillanes1635]

There are never enough Isaac Arthur videos

[@goidtman1]

Do us all a favor and shut up Friday okey (:

[@BendySnowball]

@FridayGood obvious troll is obvious

[@abdulazees3201]

People might have criticise him but he is truly and a visionary one and truly inspiring.

[@haydenmacfarlane7194]

Everyone needs to chill out with the hate, yes their are other problems he could be fixing, but he has no obligation to fix anything and yet he still decides to devote so much money into building infrastructure for others to use. He said in the presentation that their are more short term problems that need help, but the long term ones are even harder to fix so we should start working on them now. How anyone can disparage a man trying to help humanity is beyond me

[@anthonydomanico8274]

Hayden Macfarlane, agreed. I’m curious what the people hating are doing to help humanity? They are probably just complaining that they don’t have the resources to help, but that’s just a copout. There will undoubtedly be new billionaires so if it’s important to you then make it your life’s goal to earn the money and spend it as you see fit. Space enthusiasts and environmentalists should be ecstatic that we have billionaires willing to spend their vast fortunes on our future.

[@zariumsheridan3488]

True, but lets face it, as soon as commercialization and industrialization of space begins - all major launch operators, space mining and space energy companies etc - will become so insanely rich any present day tech giant will pale in comparison. So I'm sure eventually Blue Origin will be much bigger than Amazon, and Jeff will one day say something along the lines of: "I used some money I made with this little startup of mine called Amazon, to start my Blue Origin empire" :D

[@scholarlyreader383]

Other problems he could fix??? [He] are kidding...

[@darcflame37]

I do agree at least he is leading our future generations and providing a viable pathway for humans in the future of space. Very honorable and a hard thing to do and no one in their right mind would stop that. But that is it, these kids don't have a chance for space industry and Jeff's desires if the most facing problems are not solved to begin with. The order is backwards. Each of us assumes someone esle will solve the most facing problems. As we know, solving the most urgent problems today is not very profitable. Recycling is not, cleaning up the waste already there is not, populations issues are not, drinking-water is hard, clearing atmospheric pollution is not, and meteorite protection is not at all. We need every help we can get on these problems and anyone making the problems harder for the rest of us, diverting efforts, money, and our possibly little time is not helping our chances of survival and you and I both know that. Space and being multi planetary will come in time, but if and only if we survive on Earth. We must solve our problems in the order of urgency and the level of threat regardless of the future benefits, and probably even if the future benefits helps our future survival.

[@UAPJedi]

Hayden Macfarlane these people with the hate can only look 15 seconds in front of them. They do not understand if they want to save the planet they are going to need to wipe out most of the population. The problem with the earth is humans, in the next 50 years the population will double, how are they going to feed, water and house those people. People hating are utter idiots with no answer than to hate and say spend the money on the earth’. That’s the idiots response because they have none. Absolute idiots!

[@tubulartopher]

*Finally.* Someone with a case for space that shows the environmental benefits of human space exploration!

[@tubulartopher]

@Charles Yuditsky This is true, but it is there. We have the technology. However I'm not sure if we have ever tested it on another body before.

[@j.jasonwentworth723]

@Charles Yuditsky That--how to extract the lunar water--was figured out decades ago by industrial engineers such as Neil P. Ruzic, as he described in his 1970 (non-SF) book of projected future lunar history, titled "Where the Winds Sleep," and his 1965 book "The Case For Going to the Moon."

[@dtgs4502]

I'm finally convinced that Blue Origin isn't a joke.

[@justsomerandomguy1529]

Its a joke

[@justsomerandomguy1529]

They copied spacex rockets

[@gareth0256]

Just some random guy how? Reusability is the way forward and it works. Plus it’s much bigger

[@justsomerandomguy1529]

@@gareth0256 nope SpaceX is much bigger

[@justsomerandomguy1529]

@@gareth0256 jeff is just a smart business man while elon is a engineer

[@willgoodwin6202]

After comparing each company's plans for civilian space travel, I'm willing to bet that Blue Origin will end up being more profitable because of their vision to actually colonize and inhabit space, not Mars.

[@newfineart]

How can anybody disagree with the fact that we need some fantastic goals to aim for. At the very least, we, as a species, need an off-world repository of science and learning, to act as a backup should something dreadful befall our way of life. Plato foresaw the difficulties that we would face when population thresholds were reached, but he new that humans would rise to the challenge.

[@belac46]

So many people genuinely do. I don't understand it.

[@darcflame37]

No one can, really. But we all must try. Organizing our Priorities is our greatest tool if we are able to survive. You don't put down a weapon to use it for later if a threat is charging your position. You use your weapon first, and then act out your safekeeping practice. Just as we do not put off threatening and facing problems of today's world to invest in our space faring future. You solve your most threatening issues first, and then advance your future.

[@luvpiggery]

Can't wait to find new forms of life to go fuck with, am I right my monkeys!?

[@Strayshot2010]

There are plenty of people / organizations / government agencies that are working on our *most pressing problems*; I am glad there are some individuals and companies who are willing to put their efforts into attempting to solve the long-term problems. Thank you and good luck, Mr. Musk and Mr. Bezos (to name a couple).

[@vahangood5999]

Check out Issac Arthur's channel for more visions of that kind of future.

[@1ndragunawan]

Jeff will build the first O'Neill cylinder and name it New O'Neill.

[@newpapyrus]

Now that would be cool:-)

[@alinalexandru2466]

@Alain Portant You know, New Shepard, New Glenn, so New O'Neill

[@cacogenicist]

But at Blue Origin's pace, not until 2356. Too much _Graditum,_ not enough _Ferociter._

[@cantatanoir6850]

@@cacogenicist Good joke)

[@filanfyretracker]

And the next ones will be New Carter, New Jackson... Hey he did mention passing gates some of those are stargates right? ;)

[@altinbey5831]

I’ve come back to watch this video multiple times, incredibly inspiring

[@azil7652]

Jeff is lifting things into space, today is the future. Sci-fi is becoming reality. But he still says pounds.

[@Need_better_handle]

I worked at a factory, and one of the engineers would reply over the phone to British customers with something about how we got to the moon with lbs when they would make fun of us.

[@roloug95]

He isn't though, Blue Origin is yet to reach orbit

[@Ammarirfanofficial]

@D Murrman countries except usa have also reached moon

[@nightlightabcd]

@@roloug95 - You and I seem to be the only ones that k now this!

[@nightlightabcd]

@@Ammarirfanofficial - Such as?

[@Pax_Et_Veritas]

So inspiring! Also a deceptively large amount of information packed into this presentation. Well done Jeff!

[@dmahar58]

"Deceptively large amount of information." You got that right 👍 Science Fiction for the clueless!

[@americannacho]

*Also deceptively large amount of information left out of this presentation* there I fixed it for you lol

[@naushaplaysdrums2695]

I like the refreshing sense of humility in referring to the Moon as a gift.

[@Mega_Ohm]

It was a gift if you consider something 1/3 of the size of mars smashing into the earth and releasing a giant blob of magma into space :P That day was arguably the most catastrophic day in earths history

[@BigDH28]

Loved your inclusion of those students. Best of luck and wish great success for the future! 👍✊️✌️

[@MA-oo7fw]

when you just watched Elysium..

[@SorinSilaghi]

My thought exactly

[@phantomapprentice6749]

Jeff finally played Halo and Mass Effect probably.

[@zacotb]

Mobile Suit Gundam had space colonies in it looking EXACTLY like those.

[@jonathansoko1085]

@@zacotb thats because this idea is where they got it form.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Intriguing,... The Asimov interview is 5 years after Ringworld was published, and about 40 years after the first mention of a Dyson Sphere type concept. Ambitious, it'll be interesting to see if they can pull it off, and the competition it'll create with US and International space program providers will be good for everyone.

[@AlbertoMartinez765]

This idea ( look at the size of this thing we are talking centuries from Now me , you, our Great Grandchildren won't live to see this thing if ever) its actually easier to colonize Mars then build these Huge Artificial Planets.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

@@AlbertoMartinez765 I'd bet on the Moon's of the Gas Giants being next after our Moon and Mars.

[@timweatherill3738]

Yeah, I noticed that, too. I should note Asimov was a serious egomaniac ~ yes, I am a fan of his, so don't sweat ~ and you'll note he really only refers to himself and his own thought process. Not a word about Ringworld, yet surely he knew about the book, and had perhaps even read it, though I doubt that.

[@dominichamer8929]

Rendezvous with Rama was published in 1973. I'm not sure I'd fault Asimov for missing Clarke's story there in 1975.

[@shawndoyea2251]

Incredibly inspiring! I actually teared up at the end of the presentation because I have many concerns about the future of this big blue marble called Earth and all of its creatures. This gives me some hope and a whole new respect for the richest man in the world!

[@ozzyfromspace]

I'm still young and hope that one day I can participate in this exciting vision of our human presence in space. Thank you Jeff, you just put in words what I've been thinking for so long! Viva Blue Origin!

[@ozzyfromspace]

I bought the ebook The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space by professor Gerard O'neill. My understanding is that the author makes a detailed case for why life in space could be an incredible outcome for humanity. I'm a millennial/gen-Z but I'm super stoked to appreciate the optimism that surrounded people's visions of the future back in the day. We could do with a bit of old fashioned futurism right about now. Thanks for resetting the vision, Jeff. I get it.

[@orange-sun-labs]

Thanks Jeff for bringing these important problems/solutions to light, we need everyone working on this! We can each play a part, this is a huge undertaking, essentially building planets.

[@davidlyttle1919]

good point... we should all do what we can to help make this happen... form clubs.. spread the word... write congress

[@username4441]

*"Earth will be zoned"* I understand. Thank you.

[@thepooaprinciple5144]

www.neom.com/ Its a new global project being constructed in Saudi Arabia. 33x bigger than New York City. I believe it to be the next HUB for Machine & Human integration. Which is not a bad thing. We will be ok.

[@BlueZirnitra]

@Marc Howard i guess the difference is that countries have independence and self determination. It would be easier for entrepreneurs if that wasn't the case.

[@amylieu6084]

Upvote if you want Christopher to come back to earth and save district 9.

[@username4441]

@@amylieu6084 christopher was a master manipulator, wikus was his tool.

[@amylieu6084]

@@username4441 NO! That is a lie!

[@nikitanikitov9362]

It tremendously inspired me! It's amazing. I want to live and being a part of this big project. Not in Blue Moon, but in general. I'm totally agree with the idea, that Big things start small.

[@YanLipavsky]

Good luck Blue Origin ! Your success is important to all humanity.

[@AktienMitKopf]

This is just simply cool

[@shooterguitari328]

Bezos is a copy cat, even doing same presentation, LOL SPACEX WILL BURN YOU BO

[@theenish]

At the time at least...

[@224dot0dot0dot10]

@@shooterguitari328 Bezos was actually planning on doing this type of space exploration stuff when he was a teenager in high school, long before Elon Musk was planning on doing this. Elon started later than Jeff but Elon was very aggressive in taking risks (Elon traveled to Russia and he reached out to the Russians for help) and this is why Elon progressed much more rapidly than Jeff Bezos did in terms of getting into orbit and getting to the international space station first.

[@ginbelg1]

Ok blue origin is much more interesting than i thought, i love how space x and blue origin each strive for different end goals yet both of them agree on so much on what's important to make it work, i think they both couldn't ask for better rivals as far as space lunches go. It's like the Apple and Microsoft of space. Both started "small" with radical ideas and stuff that seem low tech by todays standards, imagine in the future showing new Glenn and the Starship and saying "this is all we had back then"

[@imadethiscomment5663]

Jeff Bezos: "How are we going to build these O'neill colonies? Nobody knows." Me: "Isaac Arthur knows."

[@andreasholand8299]

Isaac Arthur is literally living millennia ahead of his time .

[@tonyhawk123]

Bezos has the right idea (more Earth like solution, and it has 1G). Musk has the conviction (he actually plans to get things moving in his lifetime). Now imagine if Bezos and Musk had a lovechild (not too vividly).

[@Leoninmiami]

great title! love the focus! Earth is where it is at!! We go to space to live a better life!! Very happy to see Blue Origin team focusing on the goal.

[@henryjraymondiii961]

More should watch this. It isnt current, but the info is useful.

[@yoda1704]

Why are everybody criticizing him? This is amazing, why does it have to be "vs", and not "together".

[@Spelpojken]

Perhaps of J B taking a piss at everybody else. “Fake reuse ability”. Get out of here. Until BO constructs a gets a rocket to orbit and back. Please don’t stab everyone else. Love the vision. But his tone is terrible.

[@dbreardon]

@@Spelpojken He is not stabbing anyone....he is just stating facts. Perhaps the reuse efficiency of SpaceX will increase as well as their number of times for rocket reuse and the cost to refurbish, but right now Jeff is simply speaking facts.

[@Spelpojken]

dbreardon reusing part of a rocket, is not fake reusability.

[@anthonydomanico8274]

Rico Melchert, I caught that tone, too, but Elon is a big boy and he hasn’t done anything to help squelch their rivalry. I’m a fan of all these space companies though. Regardless, a healthy competition between these two will pay dividends to our entire species.

[@Yutani_Crayven]

Because funding for space exploration and manned spaceflight is very limited and this plan A) does away with the goal of colonization of other planets - in favor of staying near Earth in large space stations & on the Moon & B) might cut off the only other company seriously pushing for Mars - by inserting this Moon lander in between. If Bezos was aiming for the colonization of other planets as well this wouldn't be an issue at all. But he isn't. In this very video he states twice how much he is opposed to the idea. And yet it's him who has all the money to fund his vision while SpaceX can't even fully fund Starship. If this gets between them then SpaceX might not be able to continue.

[@anshulsharma9424]

Might be the greatest time to be alive .

[@imserdar]

Anshul Sharma Not yet...

[@2011mrnoah]

Wait till we live forever, then it will the greatest time to be alive

[@erichighsmith7299]

I was thinking maybe the 1300's would be a pretty good time to be alive (joking lol); yea great time to be alive.

[@ThisNoName]

@@2011mrnoah Living forever is going to be the worst nightmare you can never wake up from ...

[@2011mrnoah]

@@ThisNoName I don't have a great life and my life has many negative things that happened in my life and the thought of living forever is not in my thoughts , since the comment is about the future then, that something will be achieved by scientist

[@jonnes__4657]

I also watched the landing on moon when I was a child ;-) To watch the Apollo Missions in television (black/white) was so great and I was totally disappointed, when this big adenture of mankind stopped. I hope it's coming back.... .

[@bsdude010]

The more smart people we have working on the future, the better. This is very exciting! I hope more people get optimistic of the future like it was years ago.

[@The1Green4Man]

What an amazing vision for the future, I’m glad he’s using his wealth for the betterment of humanity.

[@Chosenone10356]

Jeff Bezos : Earth is finite, we have to do something about it. Thanos: Hold my beer

[@amylieu6084]

Dont indulge jeff. he is an evil greedy capitalist pig

[@boiboiboi1419]

LAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@ronaldgarrison8478]

What do you suggest-blow it up to the size of Jupiter?

[@oamost]

Jeff who?

[@info_fox]

Oh look, another "hold my beer." comment.

[@callmefred]

Thanks Jeff for giving back to humanity by sharing both your wealth and vision in such an exciting venture!

[@annitawatch]

It's so true when Jeff bezos said "Big things Start Small" ... I tell women that all the time .... 🚀

[@imadethiscomment5663]

Me too.

[@bucago550]

I have same in mind! ha ha ha

[@natashahomestead]

🤣

[@yobrotom]

If anyone can do it, the richest man in the world can. Wish you luck Jeff but I hope this vision is shared and not horded.

[@smittyjohnson9554]

The beauty of capitalism is that the vision can't be horded. Jeff got rich because he provided enough value to people to make them chose to give him money. Not because he's hording cash. Also, he's already got a bunch of competitors that will bring space to the masses if he doesn't so we're good either way.

[@optimine]

Ya...you'd think he could do it in a hearbeat, but the truth is he's a total con artist who will NEVER deliver anything but CGI and basic flying devices.

[@optimine]

@@smittyjohnson9554 He's a greedy man who could handily solve world hunger. end of story.

[@smittyjohnson9554]

@@optimine I question your intelligence if you think a single person could solve world hunger lol. The places suffering from hunger have corrupt governments that oppress their people. How would he solve that?

[@optimine]

@@smittyjohnson9554 I don't care if you don't think it's possible. it is. anyone can figure out a million ways to do it. see ya.

[@SSISpaceStudiesInstitute]

actually the question Prof. O'Neill asked in 1969 was "Is a planetary surface the best place for an expanding technological civilization?" friendly fact check at 13:09

[@rman6746]

Thanks Jeff. Keep up the good work. Ill keep my eye out for my moon tickets on Amazon!

[@williamgreene4834]

You will be waiting a long time I think.

[@antyspi4466]

That didn´t age well... It is 2021 and: 1) New Shepard has not yet flown with humans on board 2) New Glenn will not fly in 2021 and only mockup parts exist 3) NASA has chosen to use Spacex´s Starship as their Human Landing System, ditching BO´s lunar lander in the process

[@abatos1146]

THIS IS FRIGGIN AWESOME!! TO THE MOON BABYYYYY!!!!

[@iknowtheroutetoheaven4456]

Yes I got my hotel there.. Let me know if you need a place to stay.

[@dieguitoviajero5183]

wonderful thank you very much for the inspiration

[@k.t.5405]

This is truly SPECTACULAR!!!! A JEFF-ELON vision for the future.

[@desireisfundamental]

I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite store on the Citadel!

[@jameskelmenson1927]

One of my favorite talks ever

[@EventHorizonShow]

Which O’Neill cylinder would you want to live on and why? New Florence looks great.

[@charjl96]

Is that 16:10?

[@chemartin3223]

I like the zero g idea and we get our own wings!! 🕊

[@calvinsylveste8474]

@@chemartin3223 Forget zero g, low g is the way to go for temporary fun.

[@davidlyttle1919]

What would it take to be positive?... just for a minute... with space colonies there will be material and energy bundance for all therefore no crime except for the mentlly ill and with new space meds mental illness would be cured... a paradise for humanity worth living for and worth working hard to achieve

[@RobertKwameArkoh]

I just want to be alive to see this and live there even for a month before I die

[@oliverford5367]

Imagine if your grandkids can take a day trip to a playground in space where they can just fly!

[@MarkLucasProductions]

God I love this kind of stuff. What a great presentation. Space is wonderfully inspiring but not quite so inspiring as some people can be. Fantastic job Jeff.

[@yokclauver1178]

Mark, you nailed it with the first word in your comment “God” I believe our Creator~GOD is the most inspiring... AND Jeff Bezos, with “his GOD~given platform” has the chance to change the world, with GOD’s Help, if he so choses. In my search of words, “Heavens declare” at BibleGateway.com The following results are revealed. Amazing site (check it out) enJ🌞Y Psalm 19:1 [ The Perfect Revelation of the Lord ] [ To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. ] “The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.” Psalm 50:6 Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge. Selah Psalm 97:6 The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples see His glory.

[@MarkLucasProductions]

@@yokclauver1178 I have had profound religious experiences in my life so I know what it is to see the world through the prism of spiritual engagement. However your comment could only be of value to a fellow believer, a young person susceptible to indoctrination or an ignorant person in need of a better sense of identity. I am none of these.

[@yokclauver1178]

Jeff is all about Jeff at this point, BUT He is correct when he says Earth is a special place really... on KZbin check out Loui Giglio’s Vid clip “How Great is our God” to put the God~created Earth in perspective to all else that exists in known universe 👍

[@MarkLucasProductions]

@@yokclauver1178 If 'you' are not able to convey what you know then you do not know it. Everyone in the world is enamored with something such that they cannot imagine others would not be. I personally have read the true word Gigligak and learned the one true knowledge without which we must die in ignorance. Unfortunately 'the people of the world' are doomed because they will not read or do not know about Gigligak. It is my sacred duty therefore either to pass on my knowledge or else simply to say, at every oportunity to the ignorant masses of the world' Read the Gigligak!!! I suspect you have no interest in 'The Truth' because you are busy reveling in the delusion that you know 'The Truth'.

[@ed.youtube]

This talk is so important that it should not be in one language. Hugs from Brazil

[@Ta3iapxHs]

Agreed, subs for all major languages please.

[@rblues4u]

Excellent to hear such a positive out look and dream for space.

[@stickersteve9343]

Blah blah blah idiot

[@dwightk.schruteiii8454]

Ive gotten more productive business-mindset points from this presentation, at once, than ever before.

[@Nicolas-uu3jr]

Good Job man, seriously good job :)

[@SimplySpace]

I'm curious as to if the New Glenn 2nd stag or the Blue Moon will be making the TLI burn.

[@jeffvader811]

Me too, New Glenn is going to be able to loft around 8-10 tonnes to the moon (iirc), and seeing as BO is saying they could take between 3.6 and 6.5 tonnes of cargo, I'm assuming that they are probably going to use the second stage.

[@fs2728]

I think they will use the 3-stage version for going to the moon. So the third stage will make the TLI, and maybe also the LOI.

[@anthonydomanico8274]

fs2728, good points. I agree with you.

[@rundownpear2601]

fs2728 3rd stage variant has been cancelled

[@rundownpear2601]

It will use the second stage without a doubt. The blue moon most likely does not have enough Delta V for a TLI burn and a landing with usable payload.

[@kavorka8855]

im all tears, amazing talk

[@chrisc1140]

Every time I see these sort of images of an O'Neil ring, or Niven Ring, or any sort of massive structure like that, all I can think of is what happens to all that open space and exposed structres in the event of a hull breach. Easiest way is to just have houses, buildings, and such be their own pressure vessels for an emergency, with separated sections with relatively small openings between that can be closed, but you're still writing off massive areas and everyone exposed in them if there's any hole or impact bigger than a meter or so.

[@anonymous_bacon2383]

The blue moon introduction was lit af

[@vahangood5999]

This is one of those great speeches that you will remember 50 years from now. A great vision too! Please do check out the Isaac Arthur's channel for more of those visions of the future. You're welcome. 😊

[@zachsquach]

Isaac Arthur change me from an anti space guy to one a fervent fan of living off earth.

[@vahangood5999]

@@zachsquach That's pretty cool!

[@Felicidade101]

Watching this after he announced he would step down as CEO of amazon. EXITING AS FUCK. He is going full speed ahead for the Road to space!

[@michaelskywalker3089]

The one thing I love about this guy is his command of facts and statistics. It would be nice if they were able to start launching New Glenn earlier than 2021 so they can move forward at a faster pace. 453 seconds of specific impulse is amazing on the 10K lb thrust new engine.

[@TRYtoHELPyou]

2021 is ticking down... Please don't give up

[@diarmuidphelan9664]

Great presentation and poignant. Impressed and delighted. Bezos has been a quiet achiever with Blue Origin, so this informed me a lot. We’re behind you Blue Origin, let’s get this started.

[@fabtrek]

Thank you Mr BEZOS for this vision!! Hope we can see a small O'Neill's stations in few decades before the big station in the futur.

[@OrkunMelihKoksal]

do you really think that humanity will work on a giant cylinder like that

[@oliverford5367]

@@OrkunMelihKoksal Why not? You'll have great views of the galaxy

[@AbhayShingi51]

Damn!!! This is guy is so visionary!!!! The way he speaks. Amazing!!!!

[@JerryDougherty]

Sign me up!! I would love to commit the next few decades of my life to helping to make this happen.

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

Beautiful vision. *Make it happen Sir Bezos !* We have very beautiful nature and animals on our planet. We can set a mission to export nature to other planets. That would be a very meaningful mission for humanity, because helping our nature to spread to other planets is like helping our mother to do her housework :-) Let's see if we ever grow a forest on Mars or the Moon.

[@SuperB_111]

Jeff Bezos is going at a snail's pace while elon musk has actually been accomplishing what he promised

[@SuperB_111]

@Friday Goood I do support Jeff Bezos but he has taken two decades to make rockets and all he has to show for it is his new sheperd. While Elon has had almost the same amount of time but has his Falcon 9 rocket and his Falcon heavy, and is working on the starship and has been having major success.

[@SuperB_111]

@Friday Goood I'm just saying Elon has actually accomplished a lot of stuff. But I still support Jeff Bezos, I think both of there visions for the future are great

[@nagaea7409]

@FridayGood SpaceX is moving faster than BO, you can’t deny that. I don’t say BO is the worst, but it doesn’t seem like Bezos is putting his whole life to space technology.

[@nagaea7409]

@FridayGood Right now, if I talk about Jeff, Im talking about BO and if i say Elon its about spacex. and i do think BO is a little too slow and steady with their things. They might not be ready with the New Glenn by 2024 if the only thing they do is test the New Shepherd. They should start testing out the New Glenn Parts if they want to go to the moon.

[@anon614]

I admire both Elon and Bezos. Elon is going really fast and i love that he is pushing the industry but still i prefer the vision of Bezos. Space and ONeals cylinders are the way to go and the fact that he realises that he is not going to construct those but the logistic and infraestructure for others to make it, its amazing

[@oliverford5367]

Hopefully we'll be able to try both. Musk can build on Mars, Bezos can build cylinders. See which is more successful

[@Kolinu2]

It's happening fast, however, imagine if Space X and Blue Origin combined their resources and expertise.

[@neelsharma3]

@@RyuFitzgerald Thanks

[@rathandevlish2787]

No that's a bad competition breeds innovation if we combine it will be bad

[@isaacfrankental4040]

Fantastic! Thank you Blue Origin!

[@tonysales3687]

what a wonderful vision for the future which along with the other space agencies and private company's is sure to teach man much about living and working in space and low g environments. build the road.

[@Alex-qb1nt]

There was a time when we didn't even have one serious player ready to democratize access to space. We could only dream about it. Now we have two. It's a blessing.

[@V0YAG3R]

Alex >Amazon >democratize PICK ONE 👌🏻

[@loonglim1971]

You are a great story telling and I respect alot for the win-win approach you have for earth and out side earth 👍👍👍

[@weirdo99958]

Very Well Conducted. Great Job Jeff!

[@Pottery4Life]

A dandy presentation for a paper rocket and lander. Best wishes, BO. I hope you succeed.

[@eric3434]

Bezo's wanted a ball shaped model lander to go with his peni shaped model rocket..

[@Pottery4Life]

@@eric3434 One might think that BO could have avoided the phallic likeness in their design, but whatever. Still, if I had a spare 200K burning a hole in my pocket and wanted to go to space, New Shepard is the ride that I would choose.

[@amylieu6084]

I have a serious question. When Jeff Bezo goes into space will he discover where the prawns come from?? WIll Christopher come back to save district 9?????????????????????????????????????????????????

[@3blake7]

We need to work on an Autonomous Self-Replicating Industry. It could be huge excavators, surveyors, loaders, haulers, crushers, seperators, smelters, mold casters, part casters, grinders, assemblers, 3D printers, molecular manufactutures, etc. Each self-driving equipment can be powered by 1MW thorium reactors. They wouldn't be able to self-replicate individually but if they work together they could build more of themselves to increase their industrial capacity. I was looking at construction equipment and a lot of the ones I listed are already available in mobile form. We might not have general AI yet but we could build expert software to control everything. I think it's great Elon and Jeff are shaking things up and inspiring and pushing to reduce cost but we need someone working on the other gate!

[@V0YAG3R]

Fractal Federation no

[@gracialonignasiver6302]

I agree. Only when we're capable of complete autonomous production will we see major advances with space exploration.

[@CombraStudios]

I want to be a part of moving heavy industry to space

[@tyzxcj34]

Awesome! Love the space race we see today between these titans of industry.

[@midobecker9251]

Blue Moon lost against Space X for the NASA contract for a lander on the moon, so at this point he is down to New Glenn and hoping for New Sheppard to bring some money for his company.

[@williamgreene4834]

In order for BO to be in a race they must first get to orbit. They are a long ways off at this point.

[@giveML]

Congrats on the whole team!

[@KayodeEdmonds]

This so amazing, its very inspiring.

[@Lokeyy1]

I'm always reminded of the movie Elysium when Jeff speaks of the future of mankind. All the poor people stuck on the polluted earth.

[@stardolphin2]

You shouldn't take all SF literally. Remember Sturgeon's Law...

[@digitalnomad9985]

In what way? Do you think this is a parallel? Listen more carefully.

[@FPVREVIEWS]

Like the vision. A repeat of much of what we have heard, but a different approach, and a good one. I hope they both succeed, and fast!

[@BlueZirnitra]

A very good presentation overall. I'm not a big BO follower but this is a positive step in selling the concept of space travel to the public. If only they would be more open about these events, more people should see this than just nerds like me.

[@BreakingLab]

great!

[@domi207]

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[@tonylorentzen]

He's talking about reusability of rockets as if this problem hasn't been solved already.

[@christianfieldhouse902]

To be fair, blue origin were the first to land rockets

[@stanislavzoldak2198]

@@christianfieldhouse902 SpaceX Grasshopper an F9Dev landed a long time before the New Shepard. Granted, they didn't reach the Karman line, but that was never their objective.

[@christianfieldhouse902]

@@stanislavzoldak2198 ok, the first to land after going to space

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

@@christianfieldhouse902,. Karman Line vs LEO with a payload,... New Shepard is better compared to Virgin Galactic then to Falcon9. And in that regard, B.O. is still in second place, if one counts the designs first passing of the Karman line in 2004, by Spaceship One.

[@christianfieldhouse902]

@@PiDsPagePrototypes I know B.o. are doing less commercially etc. SpqceX are still figuring out reusability though, and didn't originate the idea (as some people may guess). I just thought op wasn't entirely fair: Besos isn't copying the idea of reusability

[@cooperman252]

You could use momentum engines to get to space? I have a design, you place tubes around a spinning wheel with heavy rods inside the tubes that can slide in and out, then surround the wheel with magnets in the shape of a horse shoe, when the wheel spins the rods fly out but only on the open part causing a constant shift of weight in a forward direction.

[@Eli-cq8jq]

Simple things in life that sustains a mind like a ballpoint pen. Thank you!

[@stephan5673]

This ties in brilliantly With NASA's gateway project. Love the lander it's awesome.

[@anthonydomanico8274]

Steven Watson, I’m not so sure it ties in brilliantly. This lander sounds like it relies solely on the New Glenn to get to Lunar orbit. Having to go to the Gateway before landing on the moon would be a detour that may cost delta v. Remember, the proposed orbit for Gateway is a near-rectilinear halo orbit. It comes with a lot of headaches and is less than ideal from what I understand. It was chosen based on the capabilities of SLS/Orion.

[@dmahar58]

This is better science fiction than NASA 👍

[@CombraStudios]

Yes Bezos can provide infrastructure between Gateway and surface of the moon, refueling the landers in gateway and from the water on south pole

[@antonvedel3028]

"But guess what; the moon ALSO needs infrastructure" - man this guy never stops. Exciting stuff

[@user-lv7ph7hs7l]

You can't even imagine the amount of resources out there. If we can make access to space cheap enough with reusable rockets and spacecraft there are virtually unlimited resources in the solar system that could feed a trillion people for millions of years.

[@antonvedel3028]

@@user-lv7ph7hs7l agree this type of thinking and action is our best bet to sustain our civilization beyond our planet's limitations. Love how Bezos can go from selling books online to credibly present plans for how to extend the existence of the human race in 20 years' time

[@user-lv7ph7hs7l]

@@antonvedel3028 Selling books online is a nice euphemism for predatory pricing every book store out of business, meaning selling at a loss until the competition is gone, once virtual monopoly is achieved raise prices back to original and completely own the market. ;) That's illegal in many places in the world and quite a few states in the US. Hard to prove though so Bezos is good on that front. Now he just has to catch up with Elon on the rocket company front. Which might be very hard to do unless SpaceX fails.

[@alanritchie8890]

Fantastic, can't wait to work for Jeff, in space.

[@vault587]

Jeff seems like a great guy. I hope all these private space companies do achieve their goals of being the start of a space faring future

[@117Industries]

So do I. I was wrong about Jeff too. He seems dope, like Gates and Musk.

[@117Industries]

There’s a pattern here too. All the best people are heavily demonised by the herd 🤨…. It’s almost like the rise of herd morality….

[@doodelay]

I'm not going to lie, I've been a little standoff-ish about this for much of the presentation but I did find it inspiring for him to say that our generation will build the infrastructure but our grand kids and children will use it.

[@1flash3571]

He will charge arm and a leg for that privilege. It wont be cheap or free.

[@jorgeplanello5719]

Seguro que hay alguien que viene por Un Poco De Todo :)

[@ryancg6439]

No, yo vine por mi cuenta, pero bueno 32 personas si

[@kevinisawake]

THAT WAS FUCKING GOOD - loving the push forward guys - Spacex and Blue Origin keep pushing each other. Great Stuff.

[@triker53]

This never get's old