The founder of Amazon and—currently—the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos go to space in the rocket New shepard, developed by the space company founded by the billionaire himself, the Blue Origin. The trip will take place 15 days after he is scheduled to step down as CEO of Amazon. 1f5g4j
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According to Blue Origin, the younger brother of the founder of Amazon, Mark Bezos, will also be on the trip. Jeff Bezos will be the first of the world's billionaires to visit space, in a rocket that he himself spent millions developing.
“Since I was 5 years old, I've always dreamed of going into space. On July 20th, I will undertake this journey with my brother. The greatest adventure, with my best friend.”
Jeff Bezos, in the announcement that he will crew the New Shepard.
The capsule of New Shepard has 6 seats, and will be propelled by a 17-meter rocket that will propel the capsule for 11 minutes, until it arrives at a distance of 96 km from Earth and returns, being considered a sub-orbital flight, which will from Kármán's line. TO Kármán's line it is the boundary, defined by astronomers and scientists, between Earth's orbit and space.
Of the 4 remaining seats, one will be distributed through an auction, where the ticket is already worth more than US$2,8 million. The other places will possibly be for the technical crew of the Blue Origin.
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The trip, which is scheduled for the day July 20, could open up a new niche for space tourism, long predicted by works of fiction: rich people going to space as tourist trips. Bezos will be the first, if all goes well, and could be followed by the billionaire Richard Branson, owner of the space company Virgin Galactic, which had already announced that it would go into space on a later scheduled voyage in 2021 on the SpaceshipTwo aircraft.
The founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, has not yet participated in any manned mission of the Crew Dragon capsule, developed by the company. However, with Jeff Bezos going into space, will Musk embark on a space mission, as a "gentleman's competition"? Let's wait for the next chapters
Source: CNNUS
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