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'Jeff Bezoz might spend all his fortune on making space travel cheaper'

Frederik Paulsen, a Swedish pharmaceutical titan and pole explorer said in jest at Explorers Club gala

Amazon's Jeff Bezos becomes world's richest person, surpasses Bill Gates
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Amanda L Gordon & Tom Metcalf | Bloomberg
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.”

Bezos previously said he’s funding rocket company Blue Origin LLC to the tune of $1 billion a year through the sale of Amazon stock. His comments at the event suggest that may

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