Amazon billionaire: 'People need to go to space to protect the Earth'

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stressed that people need to quickly move into space and lower the cost of space travel.

Billionaire , CEO and founder of aerospace company, said that people need to quickly get into the operating space and find ways to reduce the cost of space travel in an interview at the 2017 Los Angeles Summit. took place on November 3-6, Futurism reported.

Jeff Bezos aspires to bring people to space.(Photo: CNBC).

Jeff Bezos has achieved great success with Amazon online retailer, but improving the way of selling goods on Earth is not his most ambitious goal. With Blue Origin, this billionaire wanted to expand the reach of mankind in the solar system.

When speaking at the high school graduation ceremony, Bezos ended with a famous quote from the fantasy series "Star Strek": "The universe, the final border. Meet me there."

He once again expressed his passion for the universe during an interview at the 2017 Los Angeles Summit, according to Tech Crunch."We have to go to space to protect the Earth. We have to hurry , " Jeff Bezos said.

Bezos believes that humans need to explore the universe, a space beyond the green planet. He once said, I envision a future where millions of people will live and work in outer space.

However, he stressed that people should not abandon the Earth."We have sent probes to every planet in the solar system. The Earth is still the best place," he said.

Bezos is one of those who have the ability to turn ambitions to conquer the universe into reality by carrying out activities to prepare people to visit, even settle in space. But according to him, people still have not overcome a huge barrier is the cost.

"We should build a permanent settlement on one of the poles of the Moon. What holds us back is that astronautics are still too expensive," Bezos said when he received the Buzz Aldrin prize. for improvements in space operations.

Blue Origin planned to bring people to the outer space.(Video: YouTube).

According to him, the initial cost reduction for space travel could make thousands of startups in the universe come into being, just like how to reduce the cost of infrastructure that helped a series of established startup networks.

The key to lowering costs is the development of multiple usable rockets. Similar to the billionaire SpaceX rocket group Elon Musk, Blue Origin is also focusing on reusable missile technology. The company has just achieved a new breakthrough with a space device they plan to use for a rocket that may be ready to take people to visit space in April 2019.

The future of space exploration and even settlement may be in the hands of big companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin. And as Jeff Bezos emphasized in the interview, it all started with reducing costs, helping astronauts become more accessible.