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The founder of Blue Origin as well as Amazon on Tuesday will become the second billionaire to ride his own rocket. He바카라ll launch from West Texas with his brother, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands, and an 82-year-old female aviation pioneer from Texas 바카라 the youngest and oldest to ever hurtle off the planet.
Blue Origin바카라s New Shepard rocket is set to blast off with its eclectic group of passengers on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Bezos is aiming for an altitude of roughly 66 miles (106 kilometers), more than 10 miles (16 kilometers) higher than Richard Branson바카라s ride on July 11.
The capsule is fully automated, so there바카라s no need for trained staff on the quick up-and-down flight, expected to last just 10 minutes. Branson바카라s Virgin Galactic rocket plane needs two pilots to operate.
Bezos바카라 dream-come-true trip follows 15 successful test flights to space by New Shepard rockets since 2015, all of them unoccupied. If successful, Blue Origin plans two more passenger flights by year바카라s end.
The company has yet to open ticket sales to the public and is filling upcoming flights with those who took part in last month바카라s $28 million charity auction for the fourth capsule seat. The mystery winner bowed out of Tuesday바카라s launch because of a scheduling conflict. That opened up the slot for Oliver Daemen, a college-bound student from the Netherlands whose father was among the unsuccessful bidders.
Also flying: Bezos바카라 younger brother Mark and Wally Funk, one of 13 female pilots who went through the same testing back in the early 1960s as NASA바카라s Mercury astronauts, but failed to make the cut because they were women.
Not everyone in the remote, desert town of Van Horn was excited about the drama unfolding 25 miles (40 kilometers) to the north.
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