Amazon's Jeff Bezos ups his stake in billionaires' space race


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  • Thursday, 17 Sep 2015

To boldly go: Bezos

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos unveiled plans to build a rocket manufacturing plant and launch site in Florida to better compete with fellow billionaires using their fortunes and tech prowess to open a new frontier in human space travel and exploration. 

Bezos’ space startup, Blue Origin, intends to invest more than US$200mil (RM848.34mil) to build the rocket-making facility adjacent to NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre. 

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