![]() ![]() There’s been plenty of blowback about billionaires in space, including a recent online petition that garnered more than 162,000 signatures asking for Bezos never to return to Earth.īezos, who is worth about $200 billion, has funded the company almost solely out of his own pocket. The company has stayed declined numerous requests for additional information about ticket prices.īut the company says the auction did give a strong indication that there are plenty of people anxious to go: 7,600 people from 159 countries registered to participate in the bidding war. ![]() ![]() But the company has not given any indication of whether it will set a public price point for tickets, nor has it revealed how much Daemen, the Dutch 18-year-old who flew with Bezos, had to pay over for his seat. In photos: Jeff Bezos' historic flight to spaceīlue Origin said it’s planning to fly as many as two other New Shepard passenger flights this year. “It’s dark up here, oh my word!” Funk could be heard saying. Bezos and crew could be heard on Blue Origin’s livestream cheering as they moved about the capsule during the microgravity portion of the flight. The bright blaze of the rocket engine looked almost like a star or planet as it rose into the sky. The launch was visible to reporters on the ground, with the rocket streaking across the almost cloudless Texas sky with a blooming contrail. At the peak of the flight path, the passengers were weightless for about three minutes and were allowed to unstrap themselves from their seat to float around and soak in panoramic views of the Earth and the cosmos. The four passengers on Tuesday strapped into their New Shepard crew capsule at Blue Origin’s launch site in rural West Texas just before the rocket lit its engines at 8:12 am CT, sending the vehicle blaring past the speed of sound and up to more than 65 miles above the desert landscape, topping out at an altitude of 351,210 feet. The Blue Origin capsule, with Jeff Bezos and crew inside, rockets off from the ground. ![]()
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