When Jeff Bezos' space tourism venture Blue Origin flies its first astronaut crew to space this summer, one seat will go to the highest bidder.
The space tourism venture, created by the Amazon founder, announced it will launch its first crew into space on July 20, with one seat going to the highest bidder.When Jeff Bezos' space tourism venture Blue Origin flies its first astronaut crew to space this summer, one seat will go to the highest bidder.
"Only 569 people have ever been over the Karman Line," said Ariane Cornell, Blue Origin's director of astronaut and orbital sales, said during a press briefing Wednesday."We're about to change that dramatically." The capsule has"the largest windows that have ever flown in space" and is based on a helicopter model, Cornell said.
"The winner of this auction, he or she will write him or herself into the history books," Cornell said."And on top of that they're opening the doors for other space explorers to pass through behind them. As far as I'm concerned, it's a pretty priceless experience."The interior the high fidelity crew capsule mock up of the Blue Origin LLC New Shepard system sits on display during the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 5, 2017.
"This is a nascent market," she said."We are opening the doors, and we look forward to seeing what the market says."
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