Posted on 04/29/2021 3:35:14 PM PDT by algore
Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin will soon begin selling tickets for rides on its space tourism rocket called New Shepard.
Blue Origin did not reveal how much tickets will cost, only saying that more details will come on May 5.
New Shepard is designed to carry as many as six people on a ride past the edge of space, with the capsules on previous test flights reaching an altitude of more than 340,000 feet.
To date, Virgin Galactic has sold tickets to about 600 passengers at a price between $200,000 and $250,000 each, although the company expects it could increase its prices substantially for the first commercial flights.
In the past, Bezos has said Blue Origin will price New Shepard flights similarly to its competitors.
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I might give him a lead penny for a billion of his money, but otherwise, I wouldn’t give him urine if he was dying of dehydration.
Wants to one up Elon Musk so bad
No matter what he does, Bezos will always be Musk’s bytch.
Virgin better get its act in gear. Had a big head start that it squandered.
How many successful flights to outer space has Blue Origin logged so far?
Has Bezos ridden on his own rocket yet? He’d be step ahead of Musk in standing behind his own product if he filled a seat in the first crew-rated capsule.
Better hope his much favored Indian H1Bs are not the ones coding the flight control systems.
Zero. Nada. None.
I don’t even think the FAA has certified New Shepard to carry Passengers.
Maybe if Bezos wants to go to space he should book a flight with Spacex.
I’ve sat in the mock up of the New Shepard at Blue Origin. The seats are more like couches, and were comfortable. Big windows to look out. But the whole ride is to be automated. Sitting in it is probably as close as I will get to going to space.
Ouch. LOL.
I’m going to wait till the prices come down and I can find a $199 round trip weekend special.
Jeff Bezos’ penis selfie has already orbited the world many times over...and the left could care less.
The left is a cult of self important sex addicts!
Everytime I see that picture of Bezos’ laughing with his eyes closed and mouth wide open...I know he’s thinking...”I’m a fraud, and there’s nothing anybody can do about it.”
Must be weird to know his wife and half of his money are sleeping in some random dude’s bed.
What a loser!
Musk’s rockets service the ISS and he’s working on going tot he moon.
Bezos is just playing ping-pong with the edge of space.
Is there a discount for Prime members?
Every time they launch New Shepard, a spike of Austin Powers memes ripples across the internet. That seems to be the rocket's primary function.
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