Bezos plans to bring tourists to space for the first time with Blue Origin on July 20. His brother Mark also goes along, as well as a fourth person. Nearly 7,600 people from 159 countries participated in the auction, the company reports.
The New Shepard rocket must go to an altitude of more than 100 kilometers after launch in Texas. The occupants are weightless there for a few minutes and see the curvature of the earth. Then the craft sinks back into the atmosphere to land again on Earth.
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