Nearly 7,600 people from 159 countries participated in the auction, the company reports. 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.
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.
Bids
Blue Origin announced plans for the first flight in May. The highest bid, according to Blue Origin, was around 7 June at 2.3 million euros, but after that the amount skyrocketed.
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By the way, 23 million euros seems like a lot, but on the ‘Bezos scale’ it is a pittance. The wealthy Amazon founder has a net worth of USD 190 billion (EUR 162 billion). If he wanted to use that up, he could spend almost 9 tons in dollars per hour for the rest of his life, RTL Z previously calculated.
He spends part of his money on a yacht with a length of 127 meters. He ordered that from the Dutch Oceanco from Alblasserdam.
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