So at the event held at the White House, jeff bezos made the announcement that they would soon be sending humans to the moon on it New Shepherd later this year.
He also unveiled a new Lunar lander called the “Blue Moon” which they’re gonna be using to explore the lunar resources.
According to Bezos “My generation’s job is to build the infrastructure, we’re going to build the road to space.”
Recall back in march vice president Mike pence asked NASA to use any means possible to put an American astronaut on a moon that orbiting the space station and even place one on the moon’s south pole by 2024.
According to the U.S. office of Management and Budget this journey is said to be really pricey, although the specific cost has not been revealed yet.
The U.S. have always wanted to return to the moon since December of 2017.
Blue Origin currently has two space vehicles under development and the New Shepherd is one of it. The New Shepherd is gonna be used for short-duration flights and transporting people to the moon. Tickets for this flight is said to cost around $200,000.
SpaceX on the other hand are focusing on building the big rockets like the Falcon heavy, which is their largest rocket yet.
According to Bezos “it time to go back to the moon. This time to stay.”
