Inside Jeff Bezos’ Secretive Space Company Blue Origin

For the first time ever, Jeff Bezos—the billionaire CEO of Amazon—allowed journalists into the headquarters of his secretive aerospace company Blue Origin. There, he revealed the program’s ambitious plans for the future—including taking paying tourists to space as early as 2018 with a fleet of reusable rockets. The company is currently working on the rocket to fulfill that promise, with a test launch date set …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

An LGBTQIA-inspired bank, how "ugly" food can end hunger, the music of Star Wars and more in our look around the web

1. Donate to Planned Parenthood on Behalf of the GOP with DefundRefund A grassroots fundraising campaign called Defund Refund makes it simple to counteract the GOP’s efforts to shut down Planned Parenthood. The website allows users to easily donate to Planned Parenthood in the name of their favorite (or, perhaps more accurately, least favorite) GOP candidate each time they attack the organization—or anytime really—and keeps …

NASA Wants to Send Your Artwork into Space

NASA is currently calling for artwork submissions to be carried along on its next space explorer, the OSIRIS-REx. They’re looking for any space-lover to send through an artistic expression of how the OSIRIS-REx’s mission of exploration is reflected in their own lives. Submissions will be saved on a chip aboard the spacecraft and will ride along as the craft travels to the asteroid Bennu to …