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Bezos Says He’ll Spend ‘Amazon Lottery Winnings’ on Space Travel
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Jeff Bezos wants to make space travel as dynamic and entrepreneurial as the internet.
“The price of admission to space is very high,” Bezos said Saturday night in New York, accepting the Buzz Aldrin Space Exploration Award at the Explorers Club Annual Dinner. “I’m in the process of converting my Amazon lottery winnings into a much lower price of admission so we can go explore the solar system.”
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Bezos Says He’ll Spend ‘Amazon Lottery Winnings’ on Space Travel