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From The Pages Of Fringe News 71

Amazon founder Jeff

Bezos: ‘It’s time to go

back to the Moon, but this

time to STAY'

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“And that’s the kind of thing that could
also be done by advanced robotics with
machine-learning systems on board.”
In March, Blue Origin released a report
outlining its plan in helping NASA return to the
Moon.
The proposal looks to NASA for help in
sending a ‘Blue Moon’ spacecraft to the south
pole of the lunar satellite.
Mr Bezos told the Washington Post,
expertise and experience with precision vertical All of the ingredients will be mixed on
which he also owns: “A permanently inhabited
landing offer the fastest path to a lunar lander the ground with the yeast added once the craft
lunar settlement is a difficult and worthy
mission.[] gets to the Moon. []
objective.” []
Out of this world? These Talking Board Historical
Out of this world delivery:
people want to set up a Society
Amazon boss to send
brewery on the MOON
supplies to MOON to
www.tbhs.org
establish BASE by 2020 A TEAM of engineers are hoping to become

the first galactic brewery after establishing The Talking Board Historical Society began in
AMAZON has revealed plans to help “America plans to create beer-producing facilities on the 2008 as a loose affiliation of talking board
return to the moon” after its founder Moon. collectors and enthusiasts, brought together by
announced the firm would deliver supplies to talking board historian Robert Murch to bring
the lunar satellite in 2020. Engineers from the University of California, San recognition to the forgotten founders and history
Diego, (UC San Diego) hope to build a brewery of the enigmatic Ouija. In that year, the group
Jeff Bezos, co-founder of Amazon and owner of on the Moon as they look to combine their love assembled and raised funds to erect a talking
Blue Origin – a private space firm looking to of astronomy and alcohol. board-inspired headstone at the unmarked grave
rival SpaceX – is hoping to help humanity Team Original Gravity from UC San of Ouija patentee Elijah Bond in Baltimore’s
establish a colony on the moon by delivering Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering are historic Green Mount Cemetery, which has since
supplies there. designing their Moon brewery as they compete become the historic cemetery’s most-requested
The last time humans stepped foot on the for a place on India’s TeamIndus lunar craft gravesite.
astronomical body was 1972, but as natural which is set for launch at the end of this year. The following year, the TBHS worked to
resources begin to dwindle on Earth, scientists Neeki Ashari, the team's public relations bring recognition to William Fuld’s iconic
are looking at the possibility of establishing lead and head of operations, said: “When we Harford Avenue Ouija factory, built in 1919,
colonies on other planets to ensure humanity’s heard that there was an opportunity to design an which became the first public landmark in
continuity, with the moon seen as the perfect experiment that would go up on India’s Maryland acknowledging the city’s Ouija
stepping stone. moonlander, we thought we could combine our history. In 2012, the TBHS collaborated with the
An internal report from Blue Origin was hobby with the competition by focusing on the Baltimore Museum of Industry to host a first-
obtained by the Washington Post – which Mr viability of yeast in outer space.” ever of its kind exhibit displaying talking boards
Bezos also owns – and outlines the space travel Team Original Gravity is hoping to test and spirit device from the many eras of
firm’s plans for future missions. how beer brews on the Moon while also manufacturing history. These years also mark a
The proposal looks to NASA for help in studying how yeast acts differently in zero flood of discoveries by the TBHS’s historians
sending a ‘Blue Moon’ spacecraft to the south gravity. and researchers, including the discovery and
pole of the lunar satellite. While the beer is an interesting angle, documentation of the Chestertown, Maryland
Aboard the ship will be equipment to the project has bigger implications than just home where Charles Kennard claimed to invent
help humans establish a base on the moon. allowing astronauts to have a pint on the Moon. the Ouija, identifying Ouija’s 1886 Witch Board
The report reads: “Once on the surface, How yeast behaves in space is a hot topic precursor by W.S. Reed Toy Company, and
the lander’s useful payload can be used to as it is used for many foods and also certain uncovering the enduring legacies of Ouija’s
conduct science or deploy rovers. pharmaceuticals such as insulin. founders in the Igili, Nirvana, Volo, and Weird-
“A robotic arm attached to the lander With humans on the brink of establishing A talking boards, among many, many others.
will deploy to examine the lunar surface with an colonies on other worlds, scientists are keen to In 2014, the TBHS officially
array of instruments.” know the best ways to provide medicines and incorporated and became a registered non-profit
Mr Bezos told the Washington Post: “It foods in space. 501(c)(3), naming Robert Murch Chairman of
is time for America to return to the Moon — this While on Earth, density measurements the Board. The TBHS has since worked
time to stay. A permanently inhabited lunar are used to test fermentation and yeast viability, tirelessly to preserve the history of this unique
settlement is a difficult and worthy objective. on the moon the experts will use pressure pop culture phenomenon. Their next project is
“I sense a lot of people are excited about testing. the construction of a grave marker recognizing
this.” Siddhesh Naik, of TeamIndus and the medium Helen Peters for her role in giving
The report goes on to say that the first mentor to Original Gravity said: “The yeast the Ouija its unique name, and through this
missions could launch by July 2020, but that study is among the coolest experiments to be project and others, the talking Board Historical
allegedly depends on how heavily NASA is performed on the lunar surface, and I am sure Society hopes to bring greater and wider
involved. they are one of the top contenders to win the recognition to the nearly-forgotten stories and
He added: “Our liquid hydrogen Lab2Moon competition.” lives of this incredible institution. []