Why the US hasn't returned humans to the moon. The reasons are depressing.

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics
Buzz Aldrin in a spacesuit standing next to an American flag on the moon
Apollo 11 astronauts planted a flag on the moon on July 20, 1969.

NASA

Jeff Bezos has just as much at stake in this election as Elon Musk

Tech Insider : Politics
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the Amazon re:MARS convention in Las Vegas on June 6, 2019
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos set up his rocket company Blue Origin in 2000.

AP Photo/John Loche

Blue Origin CEO says he wants to bring Amazon's customer-centric culture to Bezos' space rocket company

Tech Insider
four people dressed in blue Blue Origin jumpsuits walk past a New Shepard first-stage rocket booster
Blue Origin's facility in Florida. The company hopes a planned November rocket launch will prove it can still catch up to SpaceX.

Mario Tama/Getty Images

Watch Jeff Bezos show off Blue Origin's new rocket, one of the largest ever made, and his massive factory

Tech Insider
photo of Jeff Bezos wearing Blue Origin jumpsuit and cowboy hat
Jeff Bezos gave an exclusive tour of Blue Origin's New Glenn production facility.

Joe Raedle / Staff / Getty Images

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are arguing again with their rival rocket companies. It's the latest in a 20-year feud.

Tech Insider
musk bezos humanity in space 2x1
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have repeatedly overtaken each other for the title of world's richest man.

Lambert/Ullstein Bild/Getty Images; Alex Wong/Getty Images; Blue Origin; Samantha Lee/Insider

Elon Musk is reigniting his space feud with Jeff Bezos: 'Sue Origin'

Tech Insider
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos (left) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk (right).
"Sue Origin," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk (right) said in reference to Jeff Bezos' (left) rocket company, Blue Origin in an X post on Tuesday.

Clive Mason/Formula 1 via Getty Images; Marc Piasecki via Getty Images

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is annoyed with SpaceX's big rocket launches

Tech Insider
musk bezos humanity in space 4x3
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin filed concerns to the FAA about rival SpaceX's Starship-Super Heavy launch plans.

Lambert/ullstein bild/Getty Images; Alex Wong/Getty Images; Blue Origin; Samantha Lee/Business Insider

Photos show Jeff Bezos' style glow-up over 30 years, from bookish businessman to a Vogue photo shoot and the Met Gala

Tech Insider : Style
Jeff Bezos poses with a book in an Amazon warehouse in Seattle, Washington, on January 1, 1997.
Jeff Bezos poses with a book in an Amazon warehouse in Seattle, Washington, on January 1, 1997.

Paul Souders/Getty Images

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is about to fly people to space for the first time in 2 years. Here's why it took so long.

Tech Insider
four people dressed in blue Blue Origin jumpsuits walk past a New Shepard first-stage rocket booster

Mario Tama/Getty Images

Bezos resuming Blue Origin spaceflights with the man selected to be the nation's first Black astronaut — in 1961

Tech Insider
Ed Dwight
Ed Dwight, a former Air Force pilot who was the first Black astronaut candidate, will be a part of Blue Origin's 25th mission to space aboard the New Shepard rocket.

Robby Klein/Contour by Getty Images and Blue Origin

Subscribe to blue-origin