WASHINGTON: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, became the richest astronaut on the planet on Tuesday, traveling into space in his own rocket to mark a new era in the spaceshives.
Come nine days after the founder of Virgin Galactic Richard Branson flying with a similar suborbital track, Bezos took him into his own spokes of his own brother, and the youngest and youngest spaces, in 10 minutes and 18 seconds of travel which formed a new record.
Wally Funk, 82, who practiced as a NASA astronaut in the 1960s but did not make a cut launch, became the oldest person in space.
Oliver Daemen, a 18-year-old physics student from the Netherlands whose father paid for his flight, became the youngest.
The Daemen got up on the way because the noisy billionaire – which paid $ 28 million for it – out.
A fan of self-recognized space was fascinated by Moon Apollo 11 landing, Bezos – and his crew – launched into space in the capsules revoked by a new shepard rocket made by his own blue origin, at the facility in West Texas.
Shortly after 9 am.
After passing a height of 62 miles which are considered by many people where the room starts, the capsule reaches a height of 351,210 feet – 66.5 miles – before returning to earth on a trip that lasts 10 minutes and 18 seconds.
The passengers spent four minutes floating at zero gravity.
“Best day ever!” Bezos exclaimed his return to earth emerged from capsules wearing a cowboy hat.
The back-to-back launch in ten days by Billionaire Branson and Bezos is seen by several as a vanity project, but many analysts believe it will mark the era of commercial space tourism, including a trip to the moon – for those who can afford it, even though the costs are expected to go down during Years.
SpaceX Elon Musk is the third of Troika companies that collect industrial rocket.
NASA has chosen the Starship Spacex for the first human mission to the moon powered by private companies, with blue origin also bid a piece of action.
Branson congratulated the blue crew after their flight, tweeting, “@jeffbezos, Mark, Wally, and Oliver were good.
Impressive! Very good for all the crew from me and all the teams at @virgingalactic.