“This isn’t a competition, this is about building a road to space so that future generations can do incredible things in space,” he said on NBC’s “Today. Bezos noted this week that only one person can lay claim to being first in space: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who rocketed into orbit on April 12, 1961.
Until Tuesday, the youngest was 25-year-old Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov and the oldest at 77 was Mercury-turned-shuttle astronaut John Glenn.īoth Bezos and Branson want to drastically increase those overall numbers, as does SpaceX’s Elon Musk, who’s skipping brief space hops and sending his private clients straight to orbit for tens of millions apiece, with the first flight coming up in September.ĭespite appearances, Bezos and Branson insist they weren’t trying to outdo each other by strapping in themselves. But I was pleasantly surprised at the quality content and.
Having read many books on internet marketing and the like, I was expecting another waffly egotistical installment from the internet Rah Rah brigade. Tony Gutierrez/Associated Pressįewer than 600 people have reached the edge of space or beyond. Ive heard a lot about Jeff Walkers Product Launch Formula over the years and decided to bite the bullet and see what its all about. Blue Origin's New Shepard capsule parachuted safely down to the launch area with passengers Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, brother Mark Bezos, Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk, near Van Horn, Texas.
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