Jeff Bezos
Founder of world’s popular Amazon in the person of Jeff Bezos has said in a latest post that, he will fly to space with his brother on the first ever human flight launched by his space company well known as Blue Origin. He made this known in an Instagram post adding that “Space flight has been something he had always wanted to do all his life”.
Apparently one of the richest humans to ever exist in the 21st century, the Blue Origin owner with a networth of $186.2bn (£131.5bn) according to Forbes magazine also made it known that, the company will be auctioning off a seat in the capsule for someone who will join the pair on the inaugural flight.
Bidding for a seat on the New Shepard – the name of the Blue Origin vehicle – had reached $2.8m when Mr Bezos announced his plan to take the flight. The auction concludes on 12 June.
The New Shepard booster can land vertically on the ground after returning from space. It is named after Alan Shepard, the second person and first US citizen to fly into space.
Blue Origin’s company website has it that, it plans to launch its passengers more than 100km (62 miles) above the Earth’s surface, allowing them to experience microgravity and the six-berth capsule will return to Earth under parachutes.
This comes just two weeks as Mr Jeff Bezos announced his step down as the CEO of Amazon as he Instead takes a role as an executive chairman of the e-commerce giant he founded 30 years ago in his garage, allowing him “time and energy” to focus on other ventures.
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