We have all heard about the recent launching of Jeff Bezos’ rocket that took him and 3 other passengers into space orbit for approximately 10 minutes. The multi-billionaire received an incredible amount of help from NASA themselves and in exchange said to offer a sum of $2 billion for any future NASA costs. The Blue Origin flight left the ground on July 20, 2021, in which over $5.5 billion was spent out of Bezos’s pocket throughout the time it took to enable the launch’s success. After achieving one of the hardest accomplishments performed by a human being it only seems right for the Amazon founder to give back to the corporation that guided him on his path to reaching some sort of space flight.
Bezos went into more detail about how NASA will go about conducting his generous $2 billion donations in announcing that all charges coming from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will be waived on behalf of Bezos for “the current and next two government fiscal years.” Basically stating anything purchased on behalf of those two branches of NASA will be reimbursed by Bezos himself. “This offer is not a deferral but is an outright and permanent waiver of those payments. This offer provides time for government appropriation actions to catch up,” he went on to explain to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
Previously stated along with waiving fees from the Space Administration and National Aeronautics the business icon agreed for Blue Origin to “fund its own pathfinder mission to low-Earth orbit,” which we hope will not have to wait too long for now that they know how to successfully complete the mission. It is highly unlikely that this will be the last time we see Jeff Bezos and space flight in the same category as the 57-year-old billionaire continues his never-ending space journey. Do not be surprised if you see an abundance of not only Bezos and NASA collaborations but even his competitor in the ‘space race,’ Elon Musk.