Jeff Bezos wants to be a rocket man

So, the Amazon package that I ordered on Dec. 8 did not
arrive by Christmas, which was irritating. (Yes, it had a few items that
I knew wouldn’t ship within 24 hours, and the NYC transit strike didn’t help, but
still.) Now, this morning I come across a story about how Jeff Bezos is
building a rocket-ship complex
in suburban Seattle for his aerospace venture known as
Blue Origin. Shouldn’t Bezos perfect terrestrial
travel before he heads to outer space? It’s been reported that he wants to
send a spaceship into orbit that launches and lands vertically, like a rocket,
and eventually build spaceships that can orbit the Earth, possibly leading to
permanent colonies in space.