The first crewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship will take place just 15 days after Bezos exits as Amazon’s CEO.
In his annoucement, Bezos said: “You see the earth from space and it changes you. It changes your relationship with this planet, with humanity. It’s one Earth. I want to go on this flight because it’s the thing I’ve wanted to do all my life. It’s an adventure. It’s a big deal for me.”If things go as planned, Bezos who is the richest man on Earth—with a net worth of $186.2 billion—will be the first of the major space entrepreneurs to actually fly to space.
later this year. SpaceX’s four-man mission will be commanded by tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman with the remaining three seats being auctioned off for charity.
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