Blue Origin Self-sustaining Habitats in Space

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin wants to create self-sustaining habitats in space.

Futuristic vision of space habitats that could house a trillion people, unveiled by Jeff Bezos during secretive event in Washington DC.

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He says that “this is still a long ways off, but one day could allow trillions of people to live in near-Earth space.”

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The concept space colonies was first proposed in the 1970s by Princeton physicist professor O’Neill.

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