Blue Origin is circulating a secret plan to colonize the moon at NASA
Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos  the founder of Amazon as well as a rocket company called Blue Origin   wants to colonize the moon.
That's according to a report from The Washington Post  which obtained a secret memo the billionaire was circulating around the offices of NASA and President Trump's administration. ( Bezos  owns the Post and invests in Business Insider.)
 Bezos  confirmed the document's authenticity to the Post.
"It is time for America to return to the Moon â this time to stay "  he  reportedly told Christian Davenport of the Post. "A permanently inhabited lunar settlement is a difficult and worthy objective. I sense a lot of people are excited about this."
Counting Elon Musk's recent announcement that  he 'd like to launch two paying customers around the moon in late 2018   Bezos'  plans mark the second private lunar mission in the works that's come to light this year.
Musk's giant rocket is called "Falcon Heavy" while  Bezos'  is called "New Glenn" (named after astronaut John Glenn).
"Our vision is millions of people living and working in space  and New Glenn is a very important step. It won't be the last of course  " Bezos  wrote in an email to Business Insider in September 2016. "Up next on our drawing board: New Armstrong. But that's a story for the future."
Whether Trump and NASA will go for  Bezos ' proposal remains to be seen. But to make Blue Origin's moon colonization scheme possible  Davenport wrote   the company  said  it  must to pair up with the space agency.
This story has been updated to note  Jeff Bezos'  ownership of the Post.  Bezos  is also an investor in Business Insider through  his  personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.
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That's according to a report from The Washington Post  which obtained a secret memo the billionaire was circulating around the offices of NASA and President Trump's administration. (  [TGT] owns the Post and invests in Business Insider.)
  [TGT] confirmed the document's authenticity to the Post.
"It is time for America to return to the Moon â this time to stay "  he  reportedly told Christian Davenport of the Post. "A permanently inhabited lunar settlement is a difficult and worthy objective. I sense a lot of people are excited about this."
Counting Elon Musk's recent announcement that  he 'd like to launch two paying customers around the moon in late 2018    [TGT] '  plans mark the second private lunar mission in the works that's come to light this year.
Musk's giant rocket is called "Falcon Heavy" while   [TGT] is called "New Glenn" (named after astronaut John Glenn).
" [TGT]  vision is millions of people living and working in space  and New Glenn is a very important step. It won't be the last of course   [TGT] wrote in an email to Business Insider in September 2016. "Up next on  [TGT]  drawing board: New Armstrong. But that's a story for the future."
Whether Trump and NASA will go for   [TGT]  proposal remains to be seen. But to make Blue Origin's moon colonization scheme possible  Davenport wrote   the company  said  it  must to pair up with the space agency.
This story has been updated to note   [TGT]  [TGT] is also an investor in Business Insider through   [TGT]   personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.