“Think how incredible and dynamic that civilisation will be.”
However, the Amazon chief admits “we don’t have forever” which is why Blue Origin is working on a “low-cost, highly operable, reusable launch vehicle”.
Mr Bezos continued: “I really want that dynamic life and civilisation for our grandchildren’s grandchildren. But we’ve got to get started.”
The 55-year old, who is the first centi-billionaire, thus making him the richest man in the world, wants to use the same entrepreneurialism that Mark Zuckerberg used to start Facebook.