Bezos Becomes Second Rich Man to Take Joyride in Space

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• Full timeline of Jeff Bezos’ life and businesses as he goes to space Jeff Bezos is currently the richest person on the planet (Picture: Pradeep Gaur/Mint via Getty)Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is about to blast off into space via his Blue Origin space company. The billionaire is the world’s richest man – and will join his brother Mark on the first human flight aboard the New Shephard spaceship on July 20. Also onboard is a Dutch teenager – the son of a tech CEO – who is to become the youngest person in space after…
• How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space By Marcia Dunn | Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. No test pilots or flight engineers for Tuesday’s debut flight from West Texas, just Bezos, his brother, an 82-year-old aviation pioneer and a teenage tourist. The capsule is entirely automated, unlike Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic rocket plane that required two pilots to get him to space and back a week ago. Branson’s…
• Bezos blasts off on his space company’s 1st passenger flight By MARCIA DUNN VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — Jeff Bezos blasted off Tuesday on the first flight of his space travel company with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own rocket. The Amazon founder zoomed toward space with a hand-picked group; his younger brother, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands, and an 82-year-old aviation pioneer from Texas — the youngest and oldest to ever hurtle off the planet. Named after America’s first…
• Jeff Bezos is risking his life to reach space. The rocket has flown 15 times, but he'll have no pilot and possibly no spacesuit. Jeff Bezos (left) is set to launch aboard the New Shepard rocket (right) on July 20. Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters; Blue Origin Jeff Bezos is risking his life to prove that Blue Origin can safely fly humans to the edge of space. About 1% of US human spaceflights have resulted in a fatal accident. But the New Shepard rocket seems relatively safe, given its flight record and how short the trip is. See more stories on Insider's business page. Jeff Bezos is…
• Jeff Bezos offers a vision of flying through space colonies with our own wings. But is that the best way to save the human race? Jeff Bezos unveiling the "Blue Moon" lunar lander on May 9, 2019. Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images In 2019, Jeff Bezos posed the question: "What happens when unlimited demand meets finite resources?" Bezos sees space as a place where the weather could be like "Maui on its best days" and, without gravity, where people would "fly with their own wings." Is the billionaire Amazon founder the best person to be lecturing about overconsumption in a world…
• Meet Oliver Daemen, the Dutch teenager who will fly to space with Jeff Bezos after his hedge fund dad paid millions for the ticket Oliver Daemen. Blue Origin Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands, is joining Jeff Bezos' spaceflight. Daemen is Blue Origin's first paying customer and replaces the anonymous auction winner. Daemen has a pilots license, is fascinated by space, and will go to college for physics this fall. See more stories on Insider's business page. When Oliver Daemen blasts off on July 20, he'll be making history as the youngest person to travel to space. The Dutch teen will join Amazon…
• Elon Musk laughs at a meme about Jeff Bezos' upcoming space flight, making fun of him for only touching the edge of space Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (left) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty/Axel Springer Elon Musk commented "haha" on a meme about Jeff Bezos' upcoming space flight. The meme mocked Bezos' flight because it will be sub-orbital - it will only touch the edge of space. Musk has had a long-running rivalry with Bezos as the pair both own space exploration companies. See more stories on Insider's business page. Elon Musk enjoyed a meme on Saturday poking fun at…
• Elon Musk wishes long-time rival Jeff Bezos 'best of luck' for Blue Origin's flight to the edge of space Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos (left) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Elon Musk wished Jeff Bezos "best of luck" ahead of Blue Origin's flight to the edge of space. Bezos is set for an 11-minute flight on Tuesday on the New Shepard rocket. Billionaires Musk and Bezos have been feuding on and off for 15 years. See more stories on Insider's business page. Elon Musk on wished Jeff Bezos luck ahead of the former Amazon CEO's first flight…
• Jeff Bezos shares video of Oliver Daemen, the 18-year-old who will fly with him and become the youngest person to go to space Oliver Daemen, 18, will fly to space with billionaire Jeff Bezos on Tuesday. Jeff Bezos/Instagram Jeff Bezos shared a video to Instagram on Sunday sharing more information about 18-year-old Oliver Daemen. Daemen will join Bezos on Blue Origin's New Shepard on Tuesday when it flys to the edge of space. Daemen will be the youngest person to ever fly to space and says he feels a "responsibility" to get young people interested in space. See more stories on Insider's business…
• Will Jeff Bezos be an astronaut during his space flight? It's complicated, because experts say there's still a debate about where space begins. Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos, who will probably be an astronaut. Isaiah J. Downing/Reuters Blue Origin has said founder Jeff Bezos will earn his "astronaut wings" during his space flight. He'll cross the Kármán Line, the imaginary boundary into space. But academics and other experts said there isn't yet a true consensus on where space begins. See more stories on Insider's business page. Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos will blast off soon, ushering in a new era of private space travel,…