Blue Origin raised $28 million by auctioning a seat to accompany founder Jeff Bezos on a July 20 rocket ride - the first time the company will carry people to space.

The identity of the winner won’t be revealed for a few weeks, Blue Origin said Saturday. The day’s live auction followed weeks of online bidding with more than 7,000 submissions from people in 159 countries. Bezos’s brother, Mark, will also make the trip.

The 11-minute excursion from Van Horn, Texas, will carry as many as six passengers. Blue Origin hasn’t yet revealed who else will be aboard the New Shepard spacecraft. The automated flight will be the company’s 16th but first with humans aboard.

Blue Origin is vying with Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies and Richard Branson-backed Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. to offer trips to space to a small number of wealthy tourists. Bezos has compared space tourism to the barnstormers whose stunt flying helped fuel public fascination in the early days of aviation and made planes a common mode of transportation.

Passengers aboard New Shepard, named for pioneering astronaut Alan Shepard, must be:

- Between 5 feet (1.52 meters) and 6 feet, 4 inches tall, weighing 110 pounds-223 pounds (50-100 kilograms).

- Able to climb the seven flights on the launch tower in less than 90 seconds and sit strapped in the vehicle for as long as 90 minutes without access to a lavatory.

- Able to withstand gravitational forces of as much as 5.5 times the person’s normal weight during descent and 3 times the weight for as long as two minutes on ascent.

Passengers were advised to consult a medical professional about medical conditions and their ability to fly on New Shepard. Customers also must provide informed consent, acknowledging the various risks of flying to space.

SpaceX already ferries astronauts to the International Space Station for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Both SpaceX and Virgin Galactic are preparing to fly nongovernment customers.

Blue Origin will donate the auction proceeds to its Club for the Future foundation, which aims to inspire young people to pursue careers in science, technology and mathematics.

Bezos, who spends about $1 billion a year to fund Blue Origin, has been slowly selling off his stake in Amazon.com Inc. to invest in his space endeavors. He will step down as chief executive officer of Amazon on July 5, with Andy Jassy assuming the role.

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What nonsense

Wtf!!! Anything to make this Money.

That's some risky stuff mehn. Not sure I'll be willing to get on that flight for free.

I mean. What can go wrong

Safe journey to them

Let me go and but ticket

Good

I see Europeans, Americans and Asians relocating to Mars by 2023, I see them leaving earth for Africans, I see Africans killing each other to inherit their properties in their various countries, I see the survivors enslaving one another, I see girls being possessed forcefully by the dominant clan, I see them destroying everything the whites built in their various countries, I see them returning the world back to the Stone age.

This I have seen.

Interesting stuff!

Has anyone asked if it's not a one way ticket?

Looks like the whites don't have problems again so they are trying to create some for themselves.

Safe Journey anyways!

I’m not justifying anything but This is why people get scammed. This is just a case of a lunatic with too much money and nothing to do with it

Jeff bezos !!

Wtf!!! Anything to make this Money.

I for like Carry Esohe go but she go post Views from the Space. can your boo ever?

Damnnn niggarrrr
Isoright
Looks like the movie titled "passenger "

FalseProphet1:
I see Europeans, Americans and Asians relocating to Mars by 2023, I see them leaving earth for Africans, I see Africans killing each other to inherit their properties in their various countries, I see the survivors enslaving one another, I see girls being possessed forcefully by the dominant clan, I see them destroying everything the whites built in their various countries, I see them returning the world back to the Stone age.

This I have seen.

Warey
Sounds funny and true

Too much money can make you do things poor masses consider vanity.

I remember back in the days when I eat mama put #300 a plate and considered people who eat at restaurants as being wasteful but as my pocket upgrade small I join them to become "wasteful".

My brother if I hit better money tomorrow I no mind drinking a cup of Chinese coffee for 1million.

Ego amaka. If you have it spend am. This life no get half time oo! If you die you go.

Nothing but stupidity

Bezos, who spends about $1 billion a year to fund Blue Origin, has been slowly selling off his stake in Amazon.com Inc. to invest in his space endeavors. He will step down as chief executive officer of Amazon on July 5, with Andy Jassy assuming the role.

The flat earth community need to contribute and buy one ticket for one of their representatives. They should keep a hidden camera on him so they can see for themselves if it's all real or Cgi effects like they claim.

How can I book a seat?

No one bought that ticket... na him company still buy am.. you can deceive the gullible and not me

Damn