Multi-billionaire Jeffrey Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com, is in the rocket business. But details about the Bezos booster work — through his Blue Origin group — have been sketchy at best. Last month, however, Blue Origin began to reveal specifics about its rocket plans, discussing them in part during public meetings held in the Texas towns of Van Horn and Dell City.

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Leonard David has been reporting on space activities for nearly 50 years. He is the 2010 winner of the prestigious National Space Club Press Award and recently co-authored with Apollo 11’s Buzz Aldrin the book “Mission to Mars — My Vision for Space...