Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has now launched 25 civilians to space in five for-profit sub-orbital missions.
on Saturday launched four presumably wealthy adventurers and two sponsored contest winners, including a Mexican-born YouTube personality, on a supersonic dash to the edge of space, chalking up the company's fifth sub-orbital tourist flight in less than a year.
"The view was unbelievable," said Victor Vescovo, a mountain climber, jet pilot and submarine operator."To see the complete curvature of the Earth, and seeing the thin skein of the atmosphere and this beautiful blue-and-brown planet that we have, and then the blackness of space and the brilliant sun. To have that right in front of you ... was truly a transformational experience.
"So I closed my eyes a lot, just thought about how far we've come. And then enjoyed the ride and the experience." "I've been dreaming about going to space my entire life and even just the drive to get into the rocket was really emotional for all of us," Echazarreta said after the flight."I was just trying to picture what it would be like, but I can assure you that nobody can truly imagine it until they experience it!""I can't think of anything more addicting than being on a rocket ship going up into space," said Vescovo.
All told, Blue Origin has now launched 25 non-professionals on sub-orbital flights to the edge of space, including Bezos, his brother Mark, actor William Shatner, aviation pioneer Wally Funk, TV personality Michael Strahan and the daughter of Alan Shepard, the first American in space.
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