Jeff Bezos unveils 'Blue Moon' lunar lander, plans to go to the moon by 2024

Jeff Bezos is set to take humans to the moon. 

At an event in Washington on Thursday, Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin unveiled Blue Moon, a lunar lander that can deliver large payloads to the moon.

According to Blue Origin, Blue Moon can land multiple metric tons of payload on the lunar surface, including infrastructure payloads that could be used to prepare for future missions. It can land anywhere on the moon, and has enough power for long missions. A larger variant of the lander, currently in development, can land an ascent vehicle which will allow the company to send humans to the moon and bring them back by 2024.  Read more...