Oyogist has learned that Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, will bast off to space today From a base in Van Horn.
Bezos will Board his company Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle, as part of a history-making crew.
A typical New Shepard flight lasts no fewer than 11 minutes.
Bezos will fly from the desert site in West Texas on an 11-minute voyage to the edge of space nine days after Richard Branson, a British went aboard.
The billionaire CEO would embark on this journey alongside his brother and private equity executive Mark Bezos will be joined in the flight by two others.
Also, an 82 year-old Wally Funk and recent high school graduate Oliver Daemen, 18, are set to become the oldest and youngest people to reach space.
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I am excited, but not anxious. We’ll see how I feel when I’m strapped into my seat,” Bezos said
