{"id":924747,"date":"2026-10-08T02:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/924747\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T02:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:24:15","slug":"jeff-bezos-tells-bret-baier-us-will-beat-china-to-the-moon-eyes-2028-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/924747\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos tells Bret Baier US will beat China to the moon, eyes 2028 landing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Bezos vows to go to the moon ‘to stay’<\/a> <\/p>\n

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos discusses his vision for humanity in space, his planned launch schedule for the Glenn rocket and the U.S.-China space race on \u2018Special Report.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos<\/a> laid out a sweeping vision for America\u2019s future Wednesday, telling Fox News the U.S. must beat China to the moon, artificial intelligence (AI) could help families get by with less work and data centers could one day operate in space.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview with chief political anchor Bret Baier<\/a> on “Special Report,” Bezos outlined his ambitions for Blue Origin and AI while pushing back on politicians who cast billionaires as villains.<\/p>\n

“Success is not villainy,” Bezos said.<\/p>\n

The interview took place on Blue Origin\u2019s factory floor<\/a> in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as Fox News Channel marked its 30th anniversary.<\/p>\n

CHINA IS TAKING THE FIGHT TO THE STARS; AMERICA MUST RECLAIM SPACE SUPREMACY<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Amazon <\/p>\n

Bezos said the U.S. must prevail in the race against China to land humans on the moon. (Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images, File)<\/p>\n

Bezos said the U.S. must prevail in the race against China<\/a> to land humans on the moon, expressing confidence that an American landing is possible in 2028.<\/p>\n

“We have to beat China to the moon, and I believe we will beat China to the moon,” he said.<\/p>\n

He said NASA<\/a> and Blue Origin are focused on the goal, with cargo deliveries needed to support a sustained human presence.<\/p>\n

“We have to be able to land cargo routinely on the moon to support a lunar base on the moon,” Bezos said. “So, there\u2019s a lot of work to be done, but there\u2019s every reason to believe that we can put humans on the moon in 2028.”<\/p>\n

While Mars remains a destination, Bezos argued against skipping the moon, describing it as “a gift” because of its proximity to Earth and resources that could support future missions.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ll go to Mars. We\u2019ll do all the other things. But we need to go to the moon first,” he said.<\/p>\n

Bezos said lunar soil could be used to manufacture solar cells and oxygen produced on the moon could serve as rocket propellant. The goal, he said, should be to establish a lasting presence.<\/p>\n

NASA AT 68: AMERICA MUST LEAD ON THE MOON, MARS AND BEYOND, OR CHINA WILL<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Blue <\/p>\n

This image taken from video provided by Blue Origin shows the New Shepard rocket blasting off in West Texas April 14, 2025. (Blue Origin via AP, File)<\/p>\n

“It won\u2019t just be a mission and leave,” he said. “It\u2019ll be a real sustainable lunar base.”<\/p>\n

Blue Origin is also preparing to return its New Glenn rocket to flight in December, Bezos said, after an explosion during an engine test in May that Baier detailed during the broadcast.<\/p>\n

Bezos praised the team for repairing the launch pad, saying the next flight will carry Blue Ring, a vehicle designed to transport payloads into different orbits and farther into space.<\/p>\n

Asked about plans to increase launches from one pad from 12 to 50 annually, Bezos said Blue Origin is building three additional pads. His long-term ambitions are far greater.<\/p>\n

“Our goal is to fly every day,” he said. “And, then, once we\u2019re flying every day, we want to fly every hour. And then once we\u2019re flying every hour, we want to fly every minute.”<\/p>\n

That final goal, he acknowledged, draws skepticism from his own team.<\/p>\n

“They think I\u2019m crazy,” Bezos said. “But I\u2019ve seen crazy things before come true.”<\/p>\n

AMERICA CANNOT WIN THE GLOBAL AI RACE IF AMERICANS ARE AFRAID TO USE AI<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Blue <\/p>\n

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket lifts off for its second mission, the NG-2, from Space Launch Complex 36 at the Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Nov. 13, 2025. (Chandan Khanna\/AFP via Getty Images, File)<\/p>\n

Bezos said he has personally invested $28 billion in Blue Origin and that the company recently raised $10 billion from outside investors for the first time. He also said an initial public offering could come several years from now.<\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t really want to take outside investors until I was sure that it would be a good investment for them,” he said.<\/p>\n

His vision for AI<\/a> is similarly ambitious, with Bezos predicting productivity gains could allow some families to live on one income or support themselves with a shorter workweek.<\/p>\n

“Some people will also decide, you know what? I can support my family by working three days a week,” he said. “That\u2019s what productivity in the economy means.”<\/p>\n

BLUE ORIGIN LAUNCHES 38TH NEW SHEPHERD FLIGHT INTO SPACE<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Data <\/p>\n

An Amazon Web Services data center in Stone Ridge, Va. (Nathan Howard\/Getty Images, File)<\/p>\n

Bezos argued those gains could create a labor shortage as Americans choose to work less.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s going to actually be difficult to hire people because the productivity in the economy is going to make it so that if people don\u2019t want to work two jobs, they won\u2019t have to,” he said.<\/p>\n

Baier challenged that prediction, pointing to roughly 30,000 corporate roles Amazon had cut since late last year.<\/p>\n

Bezos said Amazon<\/a> was in a “very special position” after substantially expanding its workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

He acknowledged public fears about AI\u2019s impact on jobs but said he disagreed with those predicting a more troubling outcome.<\/p>\n

\"Racks <\/p>\n

Data center development is surging across Texas. (Yasuyoshi Chiba\/Contributor\/AFP\/Getty Images, File)<\/p>\n

At Prometheus, where Bezos is a co-founder and co-CEO, he said the goal is to develop an “artificial general engineer” that helps people turn ideas into physical products.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re going to make the tools so easy to use that anyone will be able to be an engineer,” he said.<\/p>\n

Bezos said AI could generate double-digit productivity gains across the economy. Asked whether the industry is in an investment bubble, he said it is “very hard to know,” but he argued that useful technology can survive even when investors lose money.<\/p>\n

“The inventions don\u2019t disappear when the bubble pops,” he said, pointing to lifesaving drugs developed during the biotechnology boom and fiber-optic cables laid during the internet boom.<\/p>\n

TRUMP’S AI RACE WITH CHINA COULD BECOME THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF OUR TIME<\/a><\/p>\n

On government oversight, Bezos urged a light approach while the technology is developing, with rules focused on harmful uses.<\/p>\n

“In the beginning stages, when technologies are new, a light hand is appropriate,” he said.<\/p>\n

“You don\u2019t want to regulate knives. You want to regulate murder,” Bezos added, arguing that policymakers should target dangerous applications and bad actors rather than restrict the underlying technology.<\/p>\n

Asked about concerns over data centers and electricity costs<\/a>, Bezos pointed to Blue Origin\u2019s Project Sunrise. He said the company has an application with the Federal Communications Commission to launch more than 50,000 satellites serving as orbital data centers.<\/p>\n

“Yes, we can put data centers in space,” he said. “And there\u2019s a good reason to do that.”<\/p>\n

The conversation also turned to politics, with Baier asking about independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ criticism of billionaires<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Sen. <\/p>\n

Bezos responded to a question about independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ take on billionaires. (Sophie Park\/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FIle)<\/p>\n

Bezos rejected the idea that building a successful business makes someone a villain, pointing to entrepreneurs who expand their companies while creating jobs.<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s nothing wrong with making unbelievably good chicken that people love,” he said, citing the success of Raising Cane\u2019s. “And it doesn\u2019t make him a bad person.”<\/p>\n

Asked why socialism is gaining traction<\/a> in some quarters, Bezos acknowledged real affordability problems, particularly housing costs that leave young people struggling to live near their jobs.<\/p>\n

“You can\u2019t pretend that there are no problems,” he said.<\/p>\n

But he argued that politicians blaming landlords are overlooking the role of supply and demand. Government policies that subsidize demand while restricting construction drive prices higher, Bezos said, pointing to Austin as an example of a city making it easier to build housing.<\/p>\n

He urged voters to scrutinize politicians who spend their time assigning blame.<\/p>\n

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“If there\u2019s a politician who\u2019s picking villains and pointing fingers, that probably means they don\u2019t have a solution,” Bezos said.<\/p>\n

He added that executives who behaved that way at his own companies would not last.<\/p>\n

“Those people wouldn\u2019t be in our company for long.”<\/p>\n

Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News <\/a>with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos vows to go to the moon ‘to stay’ Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos discusses…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":924748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[62,971,276,277,49,48,95,137,31095,90,58764,87425,61],"class_list":["post-924747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-amazon","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-china","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-fox-news-media","tag-jeff-bezos","tag-spaceflight","tag-special-report","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/924748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}