Amazon CEO Bezos's space ambitions: the courier provide courier services in the Moon-the Moon-IT information

American the Washington Post recently wrote a detailed deciphered-Jeff Bezos (Jeff Bezos) 's space ambitions. The information collected from the media, Bezos's "ultimate plan" is using its space company BlueOrigin for a moon base with "express" services, while helping to man on the moon to establish "permanent bases in the future."

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Now from humans last set foot on the lunar surface after more than 40 years, several commercial space companies are hoping to use the NASA (hereinafter "NASA") interest in returning to the moon to seize development opportunities. The company made a variety of recommendations, and that their ultimate goal is to establish permanent human lunar base.

Moreover, commercial interest in the Moon got trump the Government's full support. This is mainly because Trump hopes to achieve success in his first presidential term, just like in the late 1960 of the 20th century, when early 70 universal push Apollo

In this regard, the human return to the Moon the latest offer from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Bezos's space company Blue Origin has compiled a 7-page white paper, the white paper sent to NASA transition team leadership and Trump, elaborated on the company's interest in developing spacecraft to the moon. Moreover, this spacecraft will also have built-in Lander to the Moon and plans to landing in a crater near the Lunar South Pole region.

In addition, the white paper also called on NASA to support Amazon's "Lunar transport services", including in the year 2025 about transporting a variety of experimental equipment, goods, such as on the Moon, to help establish a permanent base on the moon.

"Now is the time for us to return to the Moon, only this time we will stay there. While establishing a permanent moon base is a very difficult task, but well worth it, many people will be thrilled. "Bezos said in response to inquiries from the Washington Post in an e-mail message.

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At present, the Washington Post has been a marked "private and confidential" (proprietary and confidential) a copy of the white paper, Blue Origin company has confirmed the authenticity of the copy.

Not long ago, the United States space exploration company SpaceX founder Elon-horse gram (Elon Musk) just announced that SpaceX plans to 2018 to two private passengers to orbit around the Moon voyage of discovery, and the points of this plan is earlier than NASA's space program.

Meanwhile, outside the current trump the Government's space program emphasis will be placed on the Moon, Mars, is no longer out of reach. NASA recently said he was considering the rockets-"space launch system" (Space Launch System) and the Orion crew module added to the first flight of astronauts for manned flight. Previously, the project was scheduled to commence in 2018 was the first unmanned flight and circle the moon. But NASA seems to want to step up the pace in the trump any and want to achieve goal of manned flights in the 2019.

It is to be noted that, the former US President Barack Obama had put in his Lunar, and in 2010, said, "we have already been to the moon." But at the same time, the Obama administration's Mars plan from true human missions to Mars are still unreachable. At that time, many critics of the Obama administration's decision is very disappointing. Since in the 1970 of the 20th century, NASA had failed to send humans out of Earth orbit.

To date, Blue Origin's proposal does not include transporting human to the Moon, the emphasis is still placed on the delivery of goods, and Blue Origin help transport necessary equipment to help establish a human base on the moon. Since it was the Apollo lunar missions there is a big difference, because the latter only to send astronauts to the surface of the Moon, returned to Earth and leave a footprint and a flag.

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Earlier, NASA had expressed their strong willingness to cooperate with the business sector, and for years has been to hire commercial companies to resupply the international space station, even helping to carry out the task of ferrying astronauts. The most obvious example is that NASA plans to provide free technical support for SpaceX, rather than funding helps launch unmanned spacecraft to Mars in 2020.

Up to now, has had a number of companies to consider participating in the mission to the moon. They not only want to be able to provide transportation services, also hopes to help establish a human lunar base in order to conduct scientific experiments, even the mining of ore on the moon.

For example, Boeing and Lockheed-Martin joint venture "United Launch Alliance of enterprises" (United Launch Alliance) hope around the moon to create network traffic plan is being developed.

Tory-Bruno, Chief Executive of the company (Tory Bruno), said: "I am very excited about the prospects of the plan. This Government is keen to push the Moon plan, in accordance with the road map to achieve one goal. And we have the opportunity now to build the moon base facilities, and over the next 4 years to put it into implementation. ”

Bigelow Aerospace founder Robert Bigelow Space Habitat manufacturer (Robert Bigelow), said his company around 2020 can build warehouses on the lunar orbit, mainly for the storage of supplies, medical equipment and even human lives. Smaller versions of the platform BEAM space Habitat has successfully docked with the ISS, ISS astronauts are to test it.

Bigelow said: "I'm happy that this Government could turn its attention back to the moon. Now, Mars goals and some of the humans out of reach, but the Moon is a very realistic goal. ”

Blue Origin in

In keeping a low profile, and after years of mystery, funded almost solely by the Bezos ' Blue Origin began to work with NASA to achieve more ambitious goals, the company urged NASA to work out in the white paper for those providing delivery services provide incentives to private enterprise on the Moon project.

Bezos says, Blue Origin as early as July 2020 lunar mission for the first time. But he also stressed that this goal can be achieved only through cooperation with NASA. Bezos says, we have expertise in liquid oxygen, mastered the precise vertical take off and landing technology, I am very excited and willing to continue to invest in order to achieve this together with NASA plans.

Last year, the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket successfully completed five times of launch and recovery tasks. New Shepard rose to 62 miles high, the edge of space after launch, success in achieving a soft landing on the landing pad in the West Texas and recycling. In response, BlueOrigin said the same technology can also be used on a surface Lander, Blue Moon. In the white paper, Blue Origin showing improved New Shepard rocket with American flag and NASA in its Logo and Blue feather symbol Origin stands upright on the lunar surface.

Blue Origin revealed themselves down near Shackleton crater at the Lunar South Pole Blue Moon Lander. Because there is always sunlight can provide the spacecraft with solar energy, as well as gaps still exist in the shadow of the crater ice water. It is to be noted that water is essential not only for the human, and also true for equipment to the Moon, this is mainly because the water in the hydrogen and oxygen are converted into rocket fuel.

Blue Origin space maximum load to 10000 pounds (about 4.5 tons), through different types of rocket launches, including NASA "space launch system," "United Launch Alliance of enterprise" AtlasV and Blue Origin her New Glenn rocket (still in the design phase, is expected to enter service in 2020).

"Once on the surface of the Moon, landing vehicle load payload may be used for scientific experiments or deploying probes and landers on the arm, you can use a variety of equipment used to check the surface of the moon. "Blue Origin said.

After the first successful login, subsequent task difficulty Blue Origin will continue to increase, tasks will include collecting ice samples returned to Earth, and even help deliver needed supplies to human base on the moon.

"Blue Moon is the Moon's surface transport large quantities of supplies and the most cost-effective way, any kind of moon base are obviously necessary to use this service. "Bezos wrote in the white paper.

亚马逊CEO贝索斯的太空野心：未来在月球提供快递服务 - 月球快递 - IT资讯

美国《华盛顿邮报》日前撰文详细解密了杰夫-贝索斯（Jeff Bezos）的太空野心。从目前该媒体收集到的信息来看，贝索斯的“终极计划”是利用旗下太空公司BlueOrigin为月球基地提供“快递”服务，同时帮助人类在月球上建立“未来永久基地”。

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如今距离人类上次踏足月球表面已经过去了40多年时间，多家太空商业公司都希望利用此番美国宇航局（以下简称“NASA”）重返月球的兴趣抓住发展机遇。这些公司各自提出了各种各样的建议，而他们的终极目标则是在月球建立人类的永久基地。

而且，商业领域对月球的兴趣还得到了特朗普政府的全力支持。这主要是因为特朗普希望能在自己的首个总统任期内取得成就，就像20世纪60年代末、70年代初时全民推进阿波罗登月计划一样

对此，人类重返月球的最新提议来自亚马逊首席执行官杰夫-贝索斯。贝索斯旗下的太空公司Blue Origin编纂了一份7页长的白皮书，这份白皮书发送给了NASA领导层和特朗普过渡团队，详细阐述了公司对开发登月飞船的兴趣。而且，这一登月飞船还将内置有登陆器，并计划在月球南极地区的一个陨石坑附近着陆。

此外，该白皮书中还呼吁NASA支持亚马逊的“月球运输服务”，其中包括在2025年左右运输送各种实验设备、货物上月球等，以帮助人类在月球上建立永久基地。

“现在是美国该重返月球的时候了，只是这次我们会留在那里。虽然建立永久月球基地是非常困难的工作，但却也非常值得，许多人都会为此感到激动不已。”贝索斯在回复《华盛顿邮报》的问询电子邮件中表示。

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目前，《华盛顿邮报》已经获得了这份标注有“专用和机密”（proprietary and confidential）字样的白皮书复印本，Blue Origin公司也已经证实了这一复印件的真实性。

不久前，美国太空探索技术公司SpaceX创始人伊隆-马斯克（Elon Musk）刚刚宣布，SpaceX计划于2018年将两名私人游客送至月球轨道附近展开探索之旅，而这一计划的时间点也比NASA的太空计划更早一些。

与此同时，外界也相信本届特朗普政府的太空计划重点将放在月球上，而不再是此前遥不可及的火星。NASA不久前曾透露自己正考虑在新型运载火箭“太空发射系统”(Space Launch System)和Orion船员舱的首次飞行中增加宇航员进行载人飞行。此前，该项目原定在2018年首先展开无人飞行和绕月飞行。但NASA似乎希望在特朗普任内加快进度，并希望在2019年就实现载人飞行的目标。

需要指出的是，前任美国总统奥巴马曾在自己任内搁置了月球计划，并在2010年表示“我们已经到过月球”。但与此同时，奥巴马政府的火星计划距离将人类真正送上火星依然遥不可及。当时，许多批评家都对奥巴马的这一决定感到十分失望。因为自从20世纪70年代以来，NASA就再也未能将人类送出过地球轨道之外。

截至目前，Blue Origin公司的登月提议尚不包括运送人类，其重点依旧放在运送货物方面，而Blue Origin所帮助运输的必要设备可以帮助在月球建立人类基地。这与当年阿波罗登月任务存在很大不同，因为后者仅仅是将宇航员送到了月球表面，并留下了足迹和国旗便返回了地球。

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此前，NASA已经表达出了自己与商业机构合作的强烈意愿，且多年来一直雇佣商业公司向国际空间站运送补给，甚至帮助其完成运送宇航员的任务。最为明显的一个例子是，NASA计划为SpaceX提供免费技术支持，而非资金资助的方式帮助其在2020年发射火星无人飞船。

截至目前，已经有多家公司考虑参与到月球任务中来。他们不仅希望能够提供运输服务，还希望能帮助建立人类月球基地，以展开进行科学实验，甚至在月球上开采矿石。

比如，波音公司与洛克希德-马丁公司联合组建的合资企业“企业联合发射联盟”(United Launch Alliance)正在制定希望围绕月球打造交通网络的计划。

该公司首席执行官托利-布鲁诺（Tory Bruno）表示：“我对这一计划的前景感到非常兴奋。本届政府非常希望大力推进月球计划，按照路线图实现逐个目标。而我们则有机会从现在开始打造月球基础设施，并在未来4年内将其照进实现。”

太空栖息地制造商Bigelow Aerospace创始人罗伯特-比奇洛（Robert Bigelow）表示，他的公司在2020年左右可以在月球轨道上建立仓库，主要用于存放物资、医药设备甚至人类居住。更小版本的太空栖息地平台BEAM则已经与国际空间站成功对接，ISS宇航员则正在对其进行测试。

比奇洛称：“很高兴本届政府能将注意力重新转回月球。当下，人类的火星目标还有些遥不可及，但月球却是一个非常现实的目标。”

Blue Origin入局

在保持低调和神秘多年后，几乎完全由贝索斯独自出资的Blue Origin开始尝试与NASA合作实现更为远大的目标，该公司在白皮书中敦促NASA制定出可以为那些提供月球货物运送服务私人企业提供奖励的项目。

贝索斯表示，Blue Origin最早在2020年7月就会进行首次月球任务。但他同时也强调称，这一目标只有通过与NASA的合作才能实现。贝索斯表示，我们拥有液氧方面的专业知识、掌握了精确垂直起降技术，我对此感到非常兴奋，且愿意继续进行投资以同NASA共同实现这一计划。

去年，Blue Origin成功完成了五次火箭New Shepard的发射与回收任务。New Shepard在发射升至62英里高的太空边缘后，成功在位于西得克萨斯州的着陆垫上实现软着陆并回收。对此，BlueOrigin表示同样的技术也可被用于月表登陆车Blue Moon号上。在白皮书中，Blue Origin展示了改进后的New Shepard火箭，它插着美国国旗、NASA Logo以及Blue Origin的羽毛符号直挺挺的耸立在月球表面。

Blue Origin透露，自己计划在月球南极的沙克尔顿陨石坑附近放下Blue Moon登陆车。因为那总是有阳光照射可为太空船提供太阳能，同时陨石坑的缝隙阴影中还存在冰水。需要指出的是，水不仅对于人类来说至关重要，对于登月设备来说也同样如此，这主要是因为水中的氢和氧可被转化成火箭燃料使用。

Blue Origin的太空船最大载重量为10000磅（约合4.5吨），可以经由不同类型的火箭发射升空，包括NASA的“太空发射系统”、“企业联合发射联盟”的AtlasV以及其Blue Origin自己的New Glenn火箭（尚处于研发阶段，预计2020年投入使用）。

“一旦抵达月球表面，登陆车装载的有效载荷可被用于展开科学实验或部署探测器，登陆车上的机器臂则可以通过各种仪器用于检查月球表面。”Blue Origin表示。

在首次成功登陆后，Blue Origin的后续任务难度会不断加大，任务内容将包括采集月冰样本送回地球研究，甚至帮忙向月球人类基地运送所需物资。

“Blue Moon是向月球表面运送大量物资最具性价比的方式，任何一种月球基地显然都需要用到这种服务。”贝索斯在白皮书中写道。