TOMORROW: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is set to launch to the edge of space—in an historic flight expected to usher in a new era of space tourism. Join ABC News for complete coverage of the launch beginning at 8:15 a.m. ET on ABCNewsLive and hulu.
The Amazon founder will be accompanied on the historic journey by his brother, Mark Bezos, as well as the oldest and youngest people ever to go to space, Wally Funk, 82-years-old, and Oliver Daemon, 18. Funk is awho trained to be an astronaut during the original U.S.-Soviet space race era but was told they were only sending men to space at the time.
There is no pilot aboard the fully-autonomous capsule. While Blue Origin's New Shepard has flown 15 test flights, Tuesday's will be the first with humans on board.The definition of"space" has emerged as a heated debate point in the new space race, as Sir Richard Branson took heat for not passing the Karman line during his Virgin Galactic spaceflight earlier this month.
Still, the billionaire daredevils using themselves as guinea pigs for their private space tourism firms have not had the same support astronauts garnered during the original U.S.-Soviet space race. Animosity was exacerbated by reports that Bezos and Musk have
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