File picture of Jeff Bezos (Image: Reuters)
Blue Origin closed the primary spherical of the public sale final month and stated it had acquired greater than 5,200 bidders from 136 nations, with out disclosing the best bid from the spherical.
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- Last Updated:June 07, 2021, 17:19 IST
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his brother will fly to house subsequent month on the primary house flight from his rocket firm Blue Origin, the billionaire stated on Monday. “Ever since I used to be 5 years outdated, I’ve dreamed of touring to house. On July twentieth, I’ll take that journey with my brother,” Bezos said in an Instagram post. Blue Origin closed the first round of the auction last month and said it had received more than 5,200 bidders from 136 countries, without disclosing the highest bid from the round.
The current highest bid stood at $2.8 million in the ongoing second round of auction, according to Blue Origin’s website. (www.blueorigin.com) The process will last until June 10 and conclude in a final phase on June 12, with a live online auction. The company is targeting July 20 for its first suborbital sightseeing trip on its spacecraft, a landmark moment in a competition to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel.
Here’s a link to Jeff Bezos’s Instagram post regarding the announcement today that he and his brother Mark will join the auction winner on New Shepard’s first human flight on July 20th. https://t.co/2yfIEmTvv4— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) June 7, 2021
Reuters reported in 2018 that Blue Origin was planning to charge passengers at least $200,000 for the ride, based on an appraisal of rival plans from billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc and other considerations, though its thinking may have changed.
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