How a West Virginia story inspired Jeff Bezos to create Blue Origin

https://www.wboy.com/news/west-virg...te-blue-origin/


Bill

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If your June, July, August and September was like this, you might just hate summer too...

Please unload your question before you ask it unless you have a concealed harry permit.

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Give a man a rocket and he will fly for a day; teach him to build and he will spend the rest of his days sanding...

Our hobby is facing a serious problem; there are two guys who can single-handedly solve it. Both of them should be motivated to help inspire future aerospace engineers. Musk has his hands full at the moment.

Estes should go, "Hey Jeff, we understand you are in the shipping business. We are having a problem getting quality paper tubes."


Bill

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It is well past time to Drill, Baby, Drill!

If your June, July, August and September was like this, you might just hate summer too...

Please unload your question before you ask it unless you have a concealed harry permit.

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Give a man a rocket and he will fly for a day; teach him to build and he will spend the rest of his days sanding...

Jeff is also in the business of self promotion of his companies. He could offer to help Estes promote the hobby as well. If Estes grows, the other hobby rocketry companies will benefit from kids growing into more advanced/diverse aspects of the hobby.

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He's also Mr Evil.

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"Old Rocketeer's don't die; they just go OOP".....unless you 3D print them.

Jeff is also a businessman.

Imagine going to the bank and asking for a loan - "...think of all the kids that will be inspired to become astronauts and aeronautical engineers!"

"That's nice. But where is my Return On Investment?"

"Well... if we promote it long and hard enough, then they will come!"

"Get out of my office."

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MTMA Section #606 President

Jeff Bezos, the man who brought us the "$20 Der Big Red Max."

THAT'S the way to promote the hobby we all can agree on! More DEALZ for big kids. Everybody knows how well giving free stuff away promotes the hobby! Make it! Take it! Break it!

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NAR 28643 - TRA 15520
MTMA Section #606 President

True, but he and Elon both will also occasionally throw money at things that they know won't make them money, because they can.

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Like that social media thing formerly known as Twitter.

He probably realized early on that he offered too much, but could not back out.


Bill

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It is well past time to Drill, Baby, Drill!

If your June, July, August and September was like this, you might just hate summer too...

Please unload your question before you ask it unless you have a concealed harry permit.

: countdown begin cr dup . 1- ?dup 0= until cr ." Launch!" cr ;

Give a man a rocket and he will fly for a day; teach him to build and he will spend the rest of his days sanding...

Yes, and he did it because of the censorship that was going instead of as a way to make money.


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I love sanding.

OK.... so would you throw money at a cause, or a company operating in a niche market?

Using the earlier example - is it the hobby having trouble getting quality paper tubes, or is it Estes having trouble getting quality paper tubes?

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-Wolfram v. Kiparski
NAR 28643 - TRA 15520
MTMA Section #606 President