Jeff Bezos

You could assemble it on a table. One person can do it. You don't need cranes and heavy lift operations and tooling and so on and so on. When you start building big objects, infrastructure, civil infrastructure, just like the launch pad and the, you know, all this, we went and visited it and took you to the launch pad and you can see it's so monumental.

You could assemble it on a table. One person can do it. You don't need cranes and heavy lift operations and tooling and so on and so on. When you start building big objects, infrastructure, civil infrastructure, just like the launch pad and the, you know, all this, we went and visited it and took you to the launch pad and you can see it's so monumental.

And so just these things become major undertakings, both from an engineering point of view, but also from a construction and cost point of view.

And so just these things become major undertakings, both from an engineering point of view, but also from a construction and cost point of view.

And so just these things become major undertakings, both from an engineering point of view, but also from a construction and cost point of view.

At Cape Canaveral, in fact, most launch pads are on beaches somewhere on the ocean side because you want to launch over water for safety reasons. Yes, you have to drive pilings everywhere. dozens and dozens and dozens of pilings 50, 100, 150 feet deep to get enough structural integrity for these very large... Yes, these turned into major civil engineering projects.

At Cape Canaveral, in fact, most launch pads are on beaches somewhere on the ocean side because you want to launch over water for safety reasons. Yes, you have to drive pilings everywhere. dozens and dozens and dozens of pilings 50, 100, 150 feet deep to get enough structural integrity for these very large... Yes, these turned into major civil engineering projects.

At Cape Canaveral, in fact, most launch pads are on beaches somewhere on the ocean side because you want to launch over water for safety reasons. Yes, you have to drive pilings everywhere. dozens and dozens and dozens of pilings 50, 100, 150 feet deep to get enough structural integrity for these very large... Yes, these turned into major civil engineering projects.

It does make it epic. It's fun to look at. It's extraordinary.

It does make it epic. It's fun to look at. It's extraordinary.

It does make it epic. It's fun to look at. It's extraordinary.

We are building these enormous machines that are harnessing enormous amounts of chemical power in very, very compact packages. It's truly extraordinary.

We are building these enormous machines that are harnessing enormous amounts of chemical power in very, very compact packages. It's truly extraordinary.

We are building these enormous machines that are harnessing enormous amounts of chemical power in very, very compact packages. It's truly extraordinary.

Yeah, I play a little kind of game sometimes with other rock people that I run into where I say, what are the things that would amaze the 1960s engineers? Like, what's changed? Because surprisingly, some of rocketry's greatest hits have not changed. They would recognize immediately a lot of what we do today, and it's exactly what they pioneered back in the 60s. But a few things have changed.

Yeah, I play a little kind of game sometimes with other rock people that I run into where I say, what are the things that would amaze the 1960s engineers? Like, what's changed? Because surprisingly, some of rocketry's greatest hits have not changed. They would recognize immediately a lot of what we do today, and it's exactly what they pioneered back in the 60s. But a few things have changed.

Yeah, I play a little kind of game sometimes with other rock people that I run into where I say, what are the things that would amaze the 1960s engineers? Like, what's changed? Because surprisingly, some of rocketry's greatest hits have not changed. They would recognize immediately a lot of what we do today, and it's exactly what they pioneered back in the 60s. But a few things have changed.

You know, the use of... Carbon composites is very different today. We can build very sophisticated. You saw our carbon tape laying machine that builds the giant fairings. And we can build these incredibly light very stiff fairing structures out of carbon composite material that they could not have dreamed of.

You know, the use of... Carbon composites is very different today. We can build very sophisticated. You saw our carbon tape laying machine that builds the giant fairings. And we can build these incredibly light very stiff fairing structures out of carbon composite material that they could not have dreamed of.

You know, the use of... Carbon composites is very different today. We can build very sophisticated. You saw our carbon tape laying machine that builds the giant fairings. And we can build these incredibly light very stiff fairing structures out of carbon composite material that they could not have dreamed of.