Jeff Bezos Will Fly To Space On Blue Origin’s First Crewed Flight

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The first crewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship will take place just 15 days after Bezos exits as Amazon’s CEO.

Jeff Bezos announced on Monday he will be flying into space onboard his aerospace company Blue Origin’s first crewed space flight that is scheduled to launch on July 20th, just two weeks after the billionaire is set to resign as Amazon’s chief executive.The Washington Post via Getty Imageshis plans to be one of the passengers onboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard, along with his younger brother Mark Bezos.

In his video, Bezos said that traveling to space has been a lifelong dream for him and it will be “meaningful” to have his “best friend” Mark alongside him. Blue Origin’s first crewed flight will use the company’s six-seater capsule and is expected to take an 11-minute flight that will reach the edge of space—100 kilometers above the earth.

In addition to the Bezos brothers, one seat on the flight will be won by the highest bidder in an ongoing online auction that is scheduled to end on June 12.

 

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FS

Skin in the game like a medieval general. Love this guy. Real ⚽s. $AMZN

Seriously 🤣

“Congratulations!”

This is the start of a Marvel’s comic. Billionaire flies to space, some radiation from something will break out, and he’ll develop a physical super power.

Unbelievable; this is insane, you kidding me lol?

Too much money lol

Hey Jeff, don’t forget to comeback 😁😁

Hasn't he seen 'Prometheus'?

Make we come follow am ?

JeffBezos is flying to space on taxpayer dollars. Let’s be honest about how he is making the trip and who is actually paying for it🤙🏽

Let's hope he stays there

it's not space flight

Make sure it's One Way ticket.. 😎👌

Oh dear, that'll make stocks plummet if he plummets too

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