On Thursday, Jeff Bezos unveiled Blue Origin's lunar lander, which he claims is the vehicle that will take humans back to the moon by 2024.

As CNBC reports, speaking at an invite-only event, Bezos said, "We were given a gift — this nearby body called the moon ... It's time to go back to the moon and this time stay." And the way to stay is by using this lunar lander, apparently, which has the capacity to carry up to 3.6 metric tons of cargo. The Blue Origin Twitter account also backed up Bezos' statement that the aim is to have humans stay on the moon.

It's not just about getting astronauts back to the moon, though, Bezos sees it as important for manufacturing because it's an untapped location for resources and it, "takes 24 times less energy to get it off the surface compared to the Earth ... that is a huge lever."

The Trump administration wants US astronauts back on the moon within five years, which is a goal Bezos has got behind. He believes Blue Origin will be able to deliver on it and get astronauts to the lunar surface by 2024 using the Blue Moon lunar lander. After that, repeated trips will aim to build a lunar base.

I think it's best to view this goal as the equivalent of having an ISS on the moon, where experiments can be carried out and the moon more easily explored by keeping a human presence living on it.

At the same time, Bezos is in no rush, with the Blue origin website stating "slow is smooth, and smooth is fast." For now, the focus is on launching, landing, and repeating the process using reusable parts so as to decrease cost and therefore make multiple trips into space and to the moon both achievable and sustainable.

The invite-only event also unveiled the BE-7 rocket, which will be test fired in the summer and is intended to be the rocket used on the Blue Moon lunar lander. Bezos pointed out that many of the parts the rocket uses are 3D printed, which cuts costs and speeds up production.