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Jeff Bezos, owner of aerospace company Blue Origin, is “very optimistic” about the next White House administration, despite President-elect Trump's close relationship with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. .
Early Monday morning, Blue Origin canceled its New Glenn rocket launch from Cape Canaveral “to troubleshoot issues with vehicle subsystems.” The company said it is considering opportunities for its next launch attempt at X.
New Glenn is a 30-story-tall rocket that is expected to chip away at SpaceX's market dominance and jump-start Blue Origin's long-delayed entry into the satellite launch business.
“Mr. Elon has made it very clear that he is doing this for the public good, not for personal gain. And I take him at face value,” Bezos told Reuters on Sunday. told.
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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket stands on Pad 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of its first launch on January 11, 2025, at Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Paul Hennessy/Anadolu/Getty Images)
Musk has spent more than $500 million on Trump's campaign and has had the president-elect's ear on space issues.
Last month, Musk said the U.S. should send a mission to Mars first instead of the moon, fueling industry fears that it would be a major change to NASA's space exploration plans.
Asked if he was concerned about changes to NASA's moon program, Bezos said: “My own opinion is we should do both. We need to go to the moon, we need to go to Mars. ” he said.
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Jeff Bezos speaks about flying into space with Blue Origin's New Shepard during a press conference in Van Horn, Texas, on July 20, 2021. (Joe Radle/Getty Images/Getty Images)
“What we shouldn't do is start or stop things. We should definitely continue with our moon plans,” he said.
Bezos, chairman and founder of Amazon, is the second richest person in the world with a net worth of $233.1 billion, according to Forbes.
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Amazon will donate $1 million to President Trump's inaugural fund and stream the event on its Prime Video service. Mr. Bezos told Reuters that he had spoken with Mr. Trump, but “we didn't really talk about space.”
President Trump, in his second term as president, is expected to make sweeping changes to NASA's moon program and focus on sending missions to Mars.
Jeff Bezos, founder, chairman, CEO and president of Amazon, speaks about space exploration for his space company Blue Origin at a launch event in Washington, USA on May 9, 2019. The lunar landing rocket “Blue Moon'' was unveiled. (Cloda Kilcoyne/File Photo/Reuters)
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Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act in December 2019 during his first administration, creating the U.S. Space Force.
Reuters contributed to this report.
