{"id":563169,"date":"2021-06-14T11:22:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T15:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=563169"},"modified":"2021-06-14T11:22:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T15:22:05","slug":"winning-bid-to-fly-into-space-with-jeff-bezos-28-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/winning-bid-to-fly-into-space-with-jeff-bezos-28-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning Bid To Fly Into Space With Jeff Bezos: $28 Million"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwinning-bid-to-fly-into-space-with-jeff-bezos-28-million%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=563169&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bezos-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Want to go to space? You\u2019re in \u2014 if you pony up $28 million.<\/p>\n<p>One bidder with deep pockets on Saturday won an auction to join Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and others on a trip to outer space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Amazon founder\u2019s rocket company, Blue Origin, did not disclose the winner\u2019s name following the live online auction,\u201d WDSU-TV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdsu.com\/article\/winning-auction-bid-fly-in-space-with-jeff-bezos-28m\/36706128\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe identity will be revealed in a couple weeks \u2014 closer to the brief up-and-down flight from West Texas on July 20, the 52nd anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin\u2019s moon landing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the rocket launches, it will be the first time non-astronauts will travel to space.&nbsp;Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard rocket has done 15 test flights since 2015, all successful. \u201cThe completely automated capsule can carry up to six passengers, each with their own big window. Blue Origin\u2019s top sales director, Ariane Cornell, said following the auction that the fourth and final seat on the debut crew flight will be announced soon,\u201d the station reported.<\/p>\n<p>More than 7,500 people from nearly 160 countries registered to bid on the flight, according to Blue Origin. But just 20 bidders were included in Saturday\u2019s final auction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe winning bid amount will be donated to Blue Origin\u2019s foundation, Club for the Future, whose mission is to inspire future generations to pursue careers in STEM and to help invent the future of life in space,\u201d said the Blue Origin website.<\/p>\n<p>A bunch of billionaires, including Tesla founder Elon Musk, are heading to space.&nbsp;A Japanese billionaire who has already booked a seat on the first private flight to the moon said in March he\u2019s willing to bring eight companions along \u2014 and he\u2019ll pay their way.<\/p>\n<p>Yusaku Maezawa put out an open call for people who want to join him on the SpaceX rocket, which is set to head to the moon in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you satisfied with what you\u2019re doing right now? By going to space could you do something that\u2019s even better, even bigger? If that sounds like you, please join me,\u201d Maezawa said in a video detailing his plans.&nbsp;\u201cI will pay for the entire journey. I have bought all the seats so it will be a private ride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maezawa, 45, an e-commerce billionaire, said he\u2019s open to people with \u201call kinds of backgrounds.\u201d He said he first thought to bring artists but has since \u201cevolved.\u201d&nbsp;\u201cThe more I thought about it, the more ambiguous it became,\u201d he said in the video. \u201cAnd I began to think that maybe every single person who is doing something creative could be called an artist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why I want to reach out to a wider, more diverse audience, to give more people around the world the opportunity to join this journey. If you see yourself as an artist, then you\u2019re an artist,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, also CEO of SpaceX, plans to fly 10 to 12 people on a six-day journey aboard the SpaceX Starship in what he says will be the first commercial space flight to carry non-astronauts beyond Earth\u2019s orbit. The rocket will fly to the moon, loop behind it, then return to earth.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to go to space? 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