Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos's up until now secret project, is finally beginning to reveal more details about their plans. Writes Bezos:

We’re working, patiently and step-by-step, to lower the cost of spaceflight so that many people can afford to go and so that we humans can better continue exploring the solar system.

Last November, they had their first publicized and successful test launch. And incidentally, author Neal Stephenson is a part-time advisor for the company. (I assume that he still is, since that link is three years old.) (via bb)