Bezos up, up & away

File this one under American ingenuity and stickto-itiveness. From The Wall Street Journal story on the successful spaceflight of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his passengers and crew: “Mr. Bezos founded Blue Origin in 2000 and began acquiring land in Texas to build the private facility used for Tuesday’s launch. The company hired staffers to develop rockets, engines and spacecraft and now employs more than 3,500 people at facilities in Florida, California and other locations.”