CUPP: The richest person on earth wants to expand his reach beyond our solar system or beyond our planet, that is. Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday announced the plan to send people to the moon with the ultimate goal of creating giant self-sustaining colonies of humans through his Blue Origin space company. The billionaire unveiled a new rocket engine and proposed lunar lander and he plans the first shuttle cargo to the moon in 2024. It's no coincidence that his big announcement just down the road from the Capitol and the White House, NASA lacks funding for any lunar missions in the near despite the fact that the Trump administration wants to return to the moon within five years. NASA doesn't even have money to build a lander. Meanwhile, Bezos is funding Blue Origin out of his own pocket with about a billion dollars a year. Fellow billionaire space entrepreneur Elon Musk, head of SpaceX took a light jab at Bezos on twitter after Thursday's announcement. Compared to Blue Originin, SpaceX is far more developed, they've already launched satellites into orbit and Musk is skipping over the moon instead spending years talking about putting people on Mars. Now, you may scoff at the world's richest men fighting over who has a bigger rocket and racing to be the first to create space colonies, but I am here for it, sign me up. I will happily be among the first to move into the new neighborhood on the moon, Mars, Elon, Jeff, call me. OK. That's it for me tonight. Coming up, Senator Cory Booker joins David Axelrod to discuss the message behind his presidential bid. His take on key issues from climate to criminal justice. Don't miss THE AXE FILES next.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Unveils Plan To Send People To The Moon.