Jeff Bezos unveils rocket company Blue Origin's new lunar lander

The Blue Moon lunar lander.
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Jeff Bezos revealed his rocket company Blue Origin's new lunar lander, Blue Moon, to the world on Thursday, saying it would help the Trump administration with its goal of getting astronauts back to the moon by 2024.

The Amazon CEO launched Blue Origin in 2000, and the company has been relatively quiet about its operations. Bezos said he visualizes millions of people one day living in space colonies, and while it will be up to future generations to actually build them, Blue Origin can get the infrastructure in place. "This would be an incredible civilization," he said.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.