Olivier Daemen, the 18-year-old Dutchman who flew with Jeff Bezos in his New Shephard spacecraft, told the Amazon billionaire shortly before launch that he had never ordered anything from his web store. It had been a long time since anyone told him that, Bezos said.
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From 18 year old Oliver is the son of Joes Daemen, the CEO of investment company Somerset Capital Partners BV, who also bid for the coveted first ticket but ended up lower on the customer list. The Dutchman, who graduated from high school in 2020, flew in the place of the anonymous person who had bid about 28 million dollars for the first commercial space ticket. He canceled due to “planning conflicts”: the bidder’s agenda was apparently too full for a space trip.
Even paid according to Daemen, his family offered an amount that “doesn’t even come close” (from $28 million ed.)”, but he was chosen because he was so young and already had experience as a pilot.
In an interview with Reuters, Daemen was asked what kind of smalltalk the passengers carried on board. “I told Jeff that… well, I bought something on Amazon,” he told Reuters. And he replied: oh, wow, it’s been a long time since anyone could tell me that.” Uncomfortable.
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