Jeff Bezos wants Blue Origin to go to the moon. Here's why that's a big deal

 The richest man in the world just made a lively presentation about his vision for sending human to space

Jeff Bezos on Thursday unveiled a brand new rocket engine and a mockup of the lunar lander it wants to use to shuttle cargo or people to the moon. He also spoke about one day creating giant orbital structures that could host self-sustaining colonies, and his dream of people living and working among the stars.

If much of the speech from Bezos, the Amazon CEO and Blue Origin founder, sounded like far-out science fiction, that's because it is. For the time being.

Bezos speaks prior to making his announcement.

But he did offer insight into Blue Origin's lunar lander plans, which could carry supplies to the moon in a few years and eventually put people back on its surface for the first time in nearly half a century. Its first mission is slated for 2024.

"Big things start small," Bezos told a crowd of reporters and space industry folks at an event in Washington D.C. on Thursday. "It's time to go back to the moon, this time to stay."

In his mind, developing a new lunar lander — or Blue Moon, as the spacecraft is called — is the next piece of infrastructure needed to expand human presence in the cosmos. It could help open the door for "thousands of entrepreneurs" to create new space businesses.

Bezos' Blue Moon project is already years in the making. Thursday's event was a sign that he and his rocket company, Blue Origin, are dead serious about the moon. And they intend to get there soon.

Blue Origin, NASA and space politics

Bezos has been funding Blue Origin out of his own pocket by selling about $1 billion worth of Amazon stock each year. And it could get new backing from NASA.

Blue Origin's announcement comes just weeks after Vice President Mike Pence said that the United States would put boots back on the moon within five years "by any means necessary." Pence's speech was met with suspicion about how such a mission could be funded or executed safely on such a short timeline. It's still not clear how those goals will be financed.

jeff Bezos stands in front of a Blue Origin prototype of a lunar lander named Blue Moon.

But Pence's declaration was music to the ears of private companies that are interested in deep-space travel and creating a vibrant space economy. There could be lucrative government contracts involved.

The world of spaceflight has increasingly shifted from the domain of governments to the private sector. The US military has been spending big bucks courting commercial space technologies. And NASA has turned to companies like SpaceX and Boeing to take over tasks at the International Space Station.

NASA said last month that it's looking to support "rapid" development of technology that can put humans back on the lunar surface. And it made sense that Blue Origin showed up near Capitol Hill to refloat its moon ambitions.

Why does Bezos care about space?

Bezos has been busy reinventing retail with Amazon (AMZN) and amassing the world's largest fortune. But he says space is his passion, and he founded Blue Origin two decades ago to start developing the technologies that could support the long-term dream of colonizing the cosmos.

Blue Origin has built a new rocket engine for landing on the moon. Dubbed BE-7, it's designed to make all the complicated maneuvers that it takes to safely land on the lunar surface.

Blue Origin started with a suborbital space tourism vehicle, New Shepard, which could start flying customers this year. And it could launch a far larger and game-changing vehicle called New Glenn for the first time in 2021.

Bezos' competitor is fellow tech celebrity Elon Musk, who founded SpaceX in 2002. Musk's firm is far more developed, has already been launching satellites to orbit for years, and has long discussed plans to put humans on Mars for the first time in history.

Musk and Bezos have been in public spats about space in the past. And Musk answered Bezos' Blue Moon announcement with a lewd tweet mocking the lunar lander's name.

If we move out into the universe, for all practical purposes, we have unlimited resources.

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos

Billionaire antics aside — when it comes to the risk and expense of sending people to extraterrestrial lands, a key question is always, "Why?"

Planetary researchers have long known that our moon and nearby planets would offer rough lives for humans. The air isn't breathable, and it would take a long time to develop technologies that could replicate the easy living we have here. Musk and Bezos each have their own reasons for wanting to go anyway.

Bezos reiterated his on Thursday.

"Earth is the best planet," he said while briefly acknowledging more immediate issues like global warming, poverty and pollution. 

Attendees take selfies in front of the Blue Moon lunar lander after the presentation.

But, Bezos said, if the Earth's population and energy consumption keeps expanding as it has, we will reach a point where every corner of the planet would need to be covered in solar panels to provide people with the quality of life the developed world has come to expect.

"We will run out of energy on Earth," he said. "This is just arithmetic, it's going to happen ... If we move out into the universe, for all practical purposes, we have unlimited resources."

Isaac Promise, 2008 Olympic silver medalist, dies at 31

 

His club, American side Austin Bold, said that he passed away on Wednesday night but offered no explanation as to the cause.
Promise was captain of the Nigeria side that won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
He spent much of his career in Turkey, with Trabzonspor among his former clubs, and also had a brief spell in Saudi Arabia with Al-Ahli.
Former West Ham defender Anton Ferdinand was among those to pay tribute.
"I'm in shock," he wrote on Instagram. "You were my room mate at Antalyaspor. RIP Isaac Promise. Rest well bro my prayers are with your family and friends at this time."                              
Police said authorities were called after a report of a deceased person at Isaac’s apartment building, but no further details have been provided.
Austin Bold owner Bobby Epstein said Isaac collapsed at the apartment gym and no foul play was suspected.
Isaac played for Nigeria at the 2005 World Youth Championship and captained the Under-23 national team that lost the 2008 Olympic final 1-0 to Lionel Messi and Argentina.
He also appeared in three matches for Nigeria’s senior national team.
Isaac played for seven clubs in Turkey, appearing in more than 350 matches.
 He spent a season in Saudi Arabia before signing with Austin Bold, where he had three goals in 20 matches this season.

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Users enthusiastically. Clever invention fights annoying snoring.

Millions of people are familiar with it - snoring. The number one annoyance in the bedroom at night. About one in two men and one in four women of middle age or older snores in their sleep. Previously dismissed as just an annoying disturbance of the peace, snoring is now recognized as a serious sleep and health disorder. These nightly lapses in sleep can even be life-threatening!
Now there's a revolutionary helper that immediately improves nasal breathing and can thereby keep snoring from happening.
Let's start from the beginning. When snoring, loud breathing noises occur in the upper airways during sleep. A full 70 decibels — as loud as a passing truck. That's the sound many people fall asleep to. The causes of snoring are based on anatomical bottlenecks such as swollen tonsils, polyps, a curved nasal septum, or an excessively long uvula. Men over 50 years old, especially, snore. As many as 60 to 80 percent in this age group are affected.

What are we talking about?

It is called the SilentSnore, and it's the first small and easy-to-use device for combating bothersome snoring noises. The innovative aid consists of a soft silicone ring that's pushed into the nose. The built in therapeutic magnets are also beneficial, according to Traditional Tibetan Medicine. These help to stimulate the nose's sensory nerves and can keep it from falling out during sleep.

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How does it work?

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The SilentSnore is pushed into the nasal opening before going to sleep.

Breathe deeply again - SilentSnore promotes nasal breathing and combats disagreeable snoring.

This ingenious little device controls snoring when sleeping without interfering the normal sleep cycle.
A normal and healthy sleep cycle should include at least 25% at deep sleep, by relieving snoring effectively, stop disturbing your sleeping partner immediately, and guarantee your body rest and regenerate well.

The main advantages:

• Promotes better breathing
• Aids in reducing and stopping snoring
• Helps reduce dry mouth
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• Hypo-Allergenic
• Reusable
• Stores easily in a clear travel case
• Comfortable, lightweight and secure

How can you buy it in Nigeria?

You can place your order online through the website in Nigeria. Your SilentSnore will be delivered to your doorstep.
Only during the launch period, the company is offering an exclusive promotion for this product

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Blackcurrant Juice Powder

Blackcurrants are known scientifically as Ribes nigrum. In the past, they were known as the ‘forbidden fruit’ especially in the United States. Blackcurrants are rich in anthocyanins, polyphenolic substances, antioxidants, vitamin C and Gamma-Linolenic Acid (GLA). Blackcurrants helps in:
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Bilberry Extract

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• Prevent Atherosclerosis: Bilberry extracts contain anthocyanosises. Anthocyanosises improve the flow of blood round the peripheral tissues and prevents the oxidation of LDL cholesterol. LDL cholesterol is a major causative factor for atherosclerosis. However, further research is needed to prove this.
• Combating kidney failure. According to research, Bilberry extracts helps in normalizing some factors that trigger kidney failure such as creatinine, nitric oxide, and serum blood urea nitrogen. The antioxidants boost the rate at which oxygen radicals are absorbed in the kidneys thus protecting it from oxidative damage.
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PhytoCelltec Solar Vitis (Vitis Vinifera)

Vitis vinifera refers simply to cell extract from grapes. Grapes have substantial anti-aging benefits in its peel and seed. Both peel and seed are subject to a technique of extracting stem cells. This technique involves making an incision in the peel or seed and removing the plant’s stem cells from the callus that forms as it attempts to heal the wound.
Stem cells are harvested from selective grapes that are able to withstand the ultraviolet rays of the sunlight. They are capable of maintaining and regenerating epidermal adult stem cells. Grape seeds and skins are rich in phenolic compounds such as proanthocyanidins and anthocyanins. Anthocyanins have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Proanthocyanidins stabilize the production of collagens that helps in skin elasticity, they also reduce swelling and act as antioxidants.
Proanthocyanidins present in Vitis Vinifera are more effective than Vitamin C and E. The sun produces UV rays that scavenges the tissues of the skin, and binds to healthy skin cells. This damages the healthy skin cells and they die off gradually. Antioxidants present in Vitis vinifera and by extension STC30 binds to these free radicals and prevents them from binding to healthy cells. Hence, Vitis vinifera, prevents and reverses aging and wrinkling of the skin, and sagging due to exposure to the sun’s rays.

PhytoCellTec Malus Domestica (Uttwiler Spatlauber)

Briefly, the Phytocelltec Malus Domestica (Uttwiler Spatlauber) is a liposomal preparation of apple stem cells. These stem cells have a rich content of epigenetic factors and metabolites that ensures the longevity of skin cells. Research shows that PhytocellTec Malus Domestica protects the stem cells of the skin and delays the senescence of hair follicles. This lends credence to its anti-aging properties.
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