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Jeff Bezos’ Space Rocket Set To Begin Selling Tickets For Rides Into Space

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Billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space rocket New Shepard is prepared and ready for the next stage of the process with tickets primed to go on the market, Blue Origin announced

 

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Space fanatics will soon be able to buy tickets for Jeff Bezos’ space tourism rocket called New Shepard.

 

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Blue Origin announced it will soon begin selling tickets for rides but kept a lot of details hush-hush.

 

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They didn’t reveal how much the tickets will cost but insisted more details will arrive only days away on May 5.

 

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The New Shepard is designed to carry as many as six people on a ride past the edge of space and into the atmosphere.

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Capsules on previous flight tests reached a whopping altitude of more than 340,000 feet.

 

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Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin gave fans the news in a video released on Thursday.

 

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“Guys, how exciting is this – come on!” Bezos said in the video.

 

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If potential customers are hoping to bag a ride, they’ll need to submit their name and email on a form on the company’s website.

 

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“Sign up to learn how you can buy the very first seat on New Shepard,” it wrote.

 

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The Amazon founder is driving across the Texas desert in the remote location of the New Shepard launch facility.

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The rocket is designed to carry up to six passengers past the edge of space where people will spend around 10 minutes in zero gravity before venturing back to Earth.

 

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It will also feature windows to provide a view only a select few humans have experienced before.

 

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New Shepard launches vertically with the booster detaching during takeoff and later returns to a concrete landing pad nearby.

 

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The landing is slowed via parachutes when it comes back to Earth.

 

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Previously, Bezos has said Blue Origin will price New Shepard flights similar to its competitors.

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Virgin Galactic, from Sir Richard Branson, has held its ground in the niche space sector of tourism.

 

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Until now, it has sold 600 passenger tickets at a price between $200,000 and $250,000 each (£145,000 to £180,000).

 

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Although the company expects prices could increase for the first commercial flights.

 

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Virgin Galatic has also said it expects demand for space tourism flights to outpace supply over the next 10 years, allowing both companies to succeed.

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