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Bezos blastoff puts tiny Texas town on the map - sort of
A Blue Origin mural of Jeff and Mark Bezos is pictured in Van Horn, Texas, on July 17, 2021. (Bloomberg photo by Paul Ratje)
A vehicle enters the Blue Origin launch site. Few, if any, of the jobs at the spaceport have gone to the people of Van Horn, Texas. (Bloomberg photo by Paul Ratje)