"Blue Origin is working on this today by developing partially and fully reusable launch vehicles that are safe, low cost, and serve the needs of all civil, commercial and defense customers," the company said. The future: Blue Origin says efforts such as today's trip to space will allow the company to provide a future where people can live and work in space in order to keep the planet clean.The celebrations: Upon landing successfully, the crew popped a bottle of champagne, and Jeff Bezos called it the "best day ever." Later, during a press conference, each passenger aboard the New Shepard rocket was presented with Blue Origin's wings to commemorate their trip.Then, the crew capsule returned to Earth and made its landing, kicking up a large cloud of desert dust. More than 60 miles above Earth, the passengers experienced about three minutes of weightlessness, unstrapping from their seats and floating about the cabin while taking in panoramic views. The rocket fired into space, the engine kicked off, the crew capsule separated from the rocket and the booster successfully landed on the ground pad. The flight: Despite a couple of brief delays, the New Shepard launched into space smoothly.A recent high school graduate, Daemen was Blue Origin's first paying customer, after his father, an investor, purchased his ticket. At 18 years old, Daemen is the youngest person to go to space, according to Blue Origin. However, Funk was denied her chance to go to space until today. Funk volunteered as a member of the Mercury 13 program, otherwise known as the "Women in Space Program," in February 1961, which was a privately-funded effort intended to begin training women to fly in NASA's earliest space programs. At 82 years old, Funk is the oldest person to go to space - and she she had decades of piloting experience under her belt. The crew: In addition to the Amazon founder, New Shepard was crewed by Jeff Bezos' brother, Mark Bezos, pilot Wally Funk and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen.In comparison, Branson's crew flew roughly 50 miles above Earth. Not to mention, Bezos' rocket ship flew farther into space than Branson's, reaching 62 miles above Earth - otherwise known as the Kármán line. Bezos is, however, now the richest person to go to space. The billionaire space race: Jeff Bezos was not the first billionaire to space to fly on a craft he helped fund - thanks to Richard Branson and his company, Virgin Galactic, which rocketed into space only nine days prior. In a six-hour flight costing $125,000 per person, passengers in Spaceship Neptune and Neptune One will lift-off from Space Coast Spaceport in Florida, though not until 2024. The most affordable way to pay to get to space would be appear to be via a company called Space Perspective, which plans to launch a pressurized capsule propelled by a high-performance space balloon. MORE FROM FORBES Can You Watch A Blue Origin In West Texas? By Valerie Stimac While it has said it wants to charge $40,000, that’s in the long term. It charged $250,000 for tickets until it paused ticket sales a few years ago. The same goes for Virgin Galactic, which plans to begin private flights to space during 2022. It’s rumoured that Blue Origin could ask $500,000, though prices aren’t yet known. MORE FROM FORBES See Jeff Bezos In Space Before A 'Buck Moon' Meets Giant Planets: What You Can See In The Night Sky This Week By Jamie CarterĪlthough “space for all” is a phrase often heard from space tourism industry, demand for the first batch of flights is likely to be huge, leading to big asking prices. That makes the $28 million paid to Blue Origin during an auction for a seat on the first 11-minute sub-orbital flight-a seat that will now be used by an 18-year old from The Netherlands-appear vastly over the odds. The private 10-day Axiom Mission 1 including an 8-day stay at the ISS, planned for January 2022, is costing each of the four private astronauts a whopping $55 million for a seat in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.
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