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Amazon founder Bezos marks a space milestone

Amazon founder Bezos marks a space milestone

NEW YORK (AP) — A private space company started by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos said Tuesday that it landed a rocket upright and gently enough to be used again following a suborbital flight, a milestone in commercial aeronautics. Reusing rockets, rather than discarding them, would be a big step toward making space flight less expensive.

NEW YORK (AP) — A private space company started by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos said Tuesday that it landed a rocket upright and gently enough to be used again following a suborbital flight, a milestone in commercial aeronautics. Reusing rockets, rather than discarding them, would be a big step toward making space flight less expensive.…

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