Amazon has announced plans to build the company's first fulfillment center on the Moon, at Artemis Base Camp. While the company acknowledges it's still early, population-wise, for a shipping center on the moon to be necessary, Amazon can use the one million-square-foot location meanwhile to launch packages to the Earth, via a space laser. Fulfillment center workers will be contracted through the United States Space Force.
Alicia Boler Davis, Amazon v-p of interglobal customer fulfillment, said: "We appreciate the leaders who have supported Amazon's entrance to the Moon and we look forward to providing great job opportunities and an exceptional customer experience."
Artemis Base commander Mark R. Naird noted that "Amazon's presence demonstrates to industry leaders around the globe that the Moon has what it takes for companies like Amazon to remain competitive and efficiently reach their consumers from our attractive location."
In 2017, former Amazon CEO Jeffrey P. Bezos asked NASA to back an Amazon-like shipment service, through his company Blue Origin, that would deliver gear for experiments, cargo and habitats, "helping to enable future human settlement of the moon"--the preliminary step to building a full-fledged fulfillment center.