Jeff Bezos to become a billionaire rocket man on his company's first space flight

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Amazon and Blue Origin's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos says he and his brother will be aboard his rocket company's first crewed flight to space.

Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos says he and his brother Mark will fly on the first crewed space flight from his rocket company Blue Origin next month.The New Shepard spacecraft is designed to carry six passengers more than 100 km above EarthJuly 20 is Blue Origin's target for the suborbital sightseeing trip"To see the Earth from space, it changes you, changes your relationship with this planet," said Mr Bezos, one of the world's richest people.

Mr Bezos, fellow billionaires Elon Musk and Richard Branson have been investing billions of dollars on their rocket startups, but Mr Bezos will be the first of the three to actually travel into space on a rocket developed by his own company.The Blue Origin spacecraft, which is set to carry Mr Bezos and others, has undergone 15 test flights, none of which had any passengers onboard.

The interior of the Blue Origin capsule mockup at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, US in 2017.

 

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you know why most of the planet is below the poverty line, these glorified ''look at me I have all the monies'' pieces are just a shitstorm of fetted crap. Do better ABC

Take all the other parasites with you.

Maybe he'll stay up there

Excellent news

Good riddance

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