{"id":562321,"date":"2021-06-12T22:06:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T02:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=562321"},"modified":"2021-06-12T22:06:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T02:06:54","slug":"seat-on-space-flight-with-jeff-bezos-sells-for-28m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seat-on-space-flight-with-jeff-bezos-sells-for-28m\/","title":{"rendered":"Seat on space flight with Jeff Bezos sells for $28M"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseat-on-space-flight-with-jeff-bezos-sells-for-28m%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=562321&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2422429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2422429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the the Amazon re:MARS convention, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 6:51 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, June 12, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Jeff Bezo\u2019s space flight company, Blue Origin, sold a spare seat on its first human flight for nearly $30 million. In a Twitter post on Saturday, Blue Origin announced the winning bid for the seat aboard a sightseeing trip on the company\u2019s New Shepard.<\/p>\n<p>The live auction ended in under 10 minutes and started at nearly $5 million, receiving more than 20 bidders. The auction followed several weeks of online bidding, which registered more than 7,000 people from 159 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin said the winning bid would be donated to Club for the Future, a nonprofit of the company who\u2019s mission is to inspire future generations to pursue careers in STEM.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2422430\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2422430\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2422430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/blue-origin-626x437-1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - This undated file illustration provided by Blue Origin shows the capsule that the company aims to take tourists into space. The price to rocket into space next month with Jeff Bezos and his brother is a cool $28 million. That was the winning bid during the live online auction on Saturday, June 12, 2021. (Blue Origin via AP, File)\" width=\"626\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/blue-origin-626x437-1.jpg 626w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/blue-origin-301x210.jpg 301w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/blue-origin-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/blue-origin.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2422430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This undated file illustration provided by Blue Origin shows the capsule that the company aims to take tourists into space. (Blue Origin via AP, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this week, long time space enthusiast Bezos announced he and his brother would be taking flight on July 20. While the winner\u2019s identity was not immediately disclosed, officials said with blast off in just a couple of short weeks, the winner\u2019s name would be released soon.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the company said to stay tuned as the fourth and final crew member would also be announced before the crew takes off. The automated flight is expected to last about 11 minutes, where passengers inside the capsule will pass the Karman Line at about 350,000 feet.<\/p>\n<p>Bezo\u2019s journey comes amid growing competition as Blue Origin battles alongside Tesla CEO Elon Musk\u2019s space exploration technologies and Virgin Galactic Holdings Incorporated backed by Richard Branson to offer space tourism.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gop-lawmakers-in-pa-introduce-election-reform-bill\/\">GOP Lawmakers In Pa. Introduce Election Reform Bill<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the the Amazon re:MARS convention, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher, File) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 6:51 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, June 12, 2021 Jeff Bezo\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2280137,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/blue-origin-626x437-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Seat on space flight with Jeff Bezos sells for $28M","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-562321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/blue-origin-626x437-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Seat on space flight with Jeff Bezos sells for $28M","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}