Jeff Bezos Space Journey: Amazon Founder to Travel in the Sky with Blue Origin’s First Passenger Flight

Jeff Bezos, the founder of the world's leading e-commerce company Amazon, has given information about his first space journey.
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Image Credit: ANI news

Jeff Bezos, the founder of the world's leading e-commerce company Amazon, has given information about his first space journey. Bezos has said in a social media post that he will travel to space through the first passenger flight of his space company Blue Origin. Blue Origin's first space flight is likely to take off on July 20.

Bezos will travel with his brother

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has said in a social media post that he will travel to space with his brother Mark. Bezos said in a social media post, "When I was five years old, I dreamed of traveling to space. Now on July 20, I will travel with my brother. The biggest adventure with my best friend."

Blue Origin is a high-profile space-tourism company

Blue Origin is one of the few high-profile space-tourism companies. Its promoters include many wealthy individuals. Apart from this, Elon Musk's company Space Exploration Technologies Corp and Richard Branson's company Virgin Galatic Holdings Inc. are also included in the space tourism companies. Both these companies are also planning to take the space to pay customers.

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One seat will be sold through auction

Blue Origin will sell a seat on its first space flight through auction. Any amount received through this auction will be given to the Foundation of Blue Origin. It is a club of the future that promotes the education of mathematics and science. The total journey of this flight will be 11 minutes. During this time the flight will travel to an altitude of 100 kilometers (62 mi).

Customers will get four days of experience

Earlier, the company has said that customers traveling with it will get a total travel experience of 4 days in space. This includes 3 days of pre-flight training. This training will be given at the company's launch site in Wayne Horn, Texas. During this training, all types of facilities including food and drink will be provided by Blue Origin.

Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO on July 5

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO on 5 July 2021. After this, a second Amazon executive Andy Jesse will be the new CEO of the company. Bezos started the company on July 5, 27 years ago, and on this day he is stepping down. Jeff Bezos started this company by selling some books on the Internet and he left no stone unturned in taking the company to this position.

Earning Rs 1.81 lakh per second

Bezos earned Rs 1.81 lakh per second in 2020. Those who know Bezos believe that he is always ahead of time. In high school in 1982, Bezos said – the Earth is limited, if the world's population and economy continues to grow, then the only way left will be to go to space. Bezos founded Blue Origin in the year 2000. Two years later, Elon Musk founded SpaceX, but Blue Origin could not do much in these years.

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