Replay - New Shepard First Seat Auction

On Saturday, June 12, Blue Origin concluded the online auction for the very first seat on New Shepard with a winning bid of $28 million. Nearly 7,600 people registered to bid from 159 countries.
The winning bidder will fly to space on New Shepard’s first human flight on July 20, and will join Blue Origin founder, Jeff Bezos, and his brother, Mark.
The winning bid amount will be donated to Blue Origin’s 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.

[@scottgriz]

“Once in a lifetime?” I wouldn’t advertise it that way.

[@domoredujordan]

You'll be DYING to go again!

[@heronn4las]

@@domoredujordan ha yea literally

[@data.artist]

lol

[@YoutubeAdsSuck]

You can only experience anything once..

[@heronn4las]

@@KZbinAdsSuck this is true but of course there is people who will say “not uh”

[@starguy2718]

"And the winning bid is: Elon Musk! Wait, what?" That would be too, too funny!

[@TheMarcusGomez]

Would just need to raise his hand while in flight to beat Jeff.

[@jotmat5010]

I'm sure Musk would now say that he will fly on a dragon to orbit to make fun out of Jeff Bezos.

[@jotmat5010]

@Alex Stan LMAO

[@TheAndie130]

@@jotmat5010 He'd go all the way to the ISS in a Dragon Capsule just to stick a finger up at Jeff.

[@jotmat5010]

@@TheAndie130 yes

[@ftgm090_finsuth_]

28 Million dollars for three minutes in space. That’s $155,555 gone per second.

[@dongolahmed]

some people have more money than they can ever spend

[@UncleKennysPlace]

And it's SINO, _Space In Name Only,_ rather than a nifty orbit or two.

[@slim5816]

@Universe is Mine ✓ sure but that price is a way too much lol

[@thijsderkx9479]

price is actually 28 milion + 6% buyers commission. So almost 30 million for 100km up and down = 150 dollar per meter.

[@calvinsylveste8474]

Not everyone is poor.

[@gaminggami4138]

"The more you pay for it the more you enjoy it"

[@koushikroy7587]

The more you pay the more you regret paying.. Obiously not takling about rich people...

[@michaelworkman4057]

Well you know, not everyone has the cash because they don't stop giving to take account, but they have paid. I don't care though, I'll get there for free when I'm ready. Until then it's useful and good I think to encourage this bidding, to show others the value who can't see it without monetary clues. I'm not capitalist or anti-capitalist, don't get me wrong. Just trying to help if I can.

[@soumyojitpal3399]

🤣🤣

[@pancake4027]

because the more goes to charity?

[@Remy-today]

Jeff Bezos must feel horrible then for dodging so much of tax dollars.

[@advaychandra1436]

The funny thing is that for double the price, You could ride a crew dragon to the ISS.

[@epyc8684]

I didn't realize that.

[@Rat-nl1xe]

Or waited a couple of years and gone to the moon on starship.

[@egor.okhterov]

But these money doesn't go to the company =)

[@alxz3707]

@@egor.okhterov you are missing the point.

[@egor.okhterov]

@@alxz3707 what’s the point?

[@ayy2193]

For 28 mili I gotta go free-floating outside the spacecraft with the earth in front of me

[@TheBooban]

Like an unruly passenger, you could do that, but just once.

[@LewisJohniom]

I assume, you wouldn't be hooked to the spacecraft... :D

[@anshsharma9743]

for 3 minutes only

[@Miconazole]

Imagine Elon bought that ticket lmao.

[@viienn]

That would have been so funny

[@FelixsSpaceTime]

If it was I would laugh so much! Elon would prob kill Jeff!

[@FelixsSpaceTime]

Elon who?

[@gaminggami4138]

And sending starman in his place lol.

[@badshawndesignz3241]

@@gaminggami4138 LOL

[@TCBYEAHCUZ]

The sound of a crowd talking in the background doesn't make sense when you hear the amount of people clapping in that small board room lol

[@egor.okhterov]

To give some perspective, a lunch with Warren Buffet costs $5 mln.

[@squidwardtortellini4982]

For that price there better be a whole Warren Buffet full of food

[@thangkhawbung2967]

You could ask about stock and get advice from the legend himself Warren buffet but what could you ask or get advice from the shop owner! May be how to sell your dirty underwear? Lol

[@Known-unknowns]

@@thangkhawbung2967 ‘Shop owner’. are you serious? He’s the self made richest man in the world.

[@robertmcginley5093]

The auctioneer never used his hammer to seal the deal

[@AdamBechtol]

mmmmm

[@foxkenji]

You’re right, the judge forgot. That means the bid is not legally binding.

[@TheRoadfarmer]

That's because this whole thing was fake as hell. This whole auction was fake and a production.

[@le3on730]

I was thinking someone would pay 5 million max

[@itswift]

When you are super rich, 5 million is like a common man spending $5k. $28 million is like buying a fully optioned Honda Civic....

[@ComedycopterDrake]

@@itswift Or 28, 1 million dollar homes, to put it into a normal person's perspective.

[@purona2500]

@@bothpeter_ some people dont want to take multiple months training and be stuck in a capsule for multiple days.

[@LuisPereira-bn8jq]

@@bothpeter_ The Dragon requires a lot more personal investment. Comparing the Sheppard and the Dragon is a bit like comparing a trip to an amuzement park with a weeklong safari...

[@sgfx]

$28,000,000 !! are you out of your Vulcan mind? That works out to $2,545,455 per min of flight and less than 2 of those in space. For about $26,000,000 you could have ridden an orbital class spaceship (SpaceX Falcon) and have Days of Zero-G’s and seen the full beauty of Earth, not just a portion of the U.S. (only about 1/3 of it at 100 km) And you would still have $2,000,000 to celebrate with once you were home.

[@starbasetexas2025]

So true.. "are you out of your Vulcan mind?" Ha ha ha.

[@User36282]

People with that kind of money can pay for both. It's not one or the other.

[@remo]

So exciting! But $28 million is mind blowing 🤯

[@ITRIEDEL]

Why did that all feel scripted? The sound of the people talking in the background seemed like it was looped. The lighting and camera quality feels like it was filmed by a soap opera director and producer…

[@ITRIEDEL]

Even the people on the phones looked like they were hired to sit there and pretend. I mean I believe they have a bidder for 28mil but I feel like this was a reenactment

[@markhenley5582]

Yeah it did seem kinda weird

[@TheAndie130]

She was very wooden too at the start and end....

[@karimnassar7706]

You're not just paying for a seat, you're paying for hanging out with jeff bezos

[@Music-iu3nq]

and his brother!

[@Known-unknowns]

I agree. It’s so much more than a seat.

[@Music-iu3nq]

I feel like it would be less then 27 million to fly to the moon and back with space x starship (few days in space comparing to 3 minutes), I read somewhere cost of starship per flight is possible 2 million, but add extra for 3 days flight and space x support, it will be less then 28 million for sure. But if you have money you can fly with this and with spacex..

[@ihateandreykrasnokutsky]

And for charity.

[@Wiizl]

Dude played himself. For 28 mil I would at least expect a full orbit, not some up-and-down carousel ride.

[@ghostrunner2138]

I don't know why they spend money here instead of spacex. Spacex takes you on a multiple day orbit.

[@btg7760]

Really just leave and stop hating

[@Well_Edumacated]

they backed the wrong Space Company.

[@btg7760]

@@Well_Edumacated which one is wrong none of them please stop spreading hate they are spending billions of dollars for this At least help by providing moral support

[@loganaurora]

@@btg7760 back the people doing something not the people wasting our tax dollars on a rocket that can't even orbit the earth 🤣🤣

[@PolluxPavonis]

Couldn´t they just wait several months or a year and buy a regular 200K or so ticket? 28 million is insane, you can go to the ISS for days for that money, this is a 10 min flight.

[@UncleKennysPlace]

The actual price of tickets isn't out yet, but someone wants to be first.

[@PolluxPavonis]

@@UncleKennysPlace About 200k, that's how much the virgin galactic ride cost, so this one shouldn't be far off.

[@CallMeMicahT]

It’s a 10 minute flight, are you kidding me?!

[@CardZed]

@@PolluxPavonis Virgin galactic doesnt reach space, only 89km. Thats 11 KM from the karman line

[@PolluxPavonis]

@@CardZed for many that's space, and the Karman line is a quite arbitrary limit, it is true that it doesn't reach as high as BO, not to mention orbital flight, but the ride looks exiting, I mean, it's a rocket space plane.

[@hqcart1]

paintings sold higher than 28mil, Congrats for the winner!

[@hqcart1]

@Curiousowl_oot This is called a 1 time life experience! its value is in the minds whom understand what it means to look back to earth and think about the universe, small minded like you just think about if he wants to eat a single or a double mac.

[@guggi_]

@@hqcart1 this is not a once in a lifetime. in 10 years people a ride to space will probably be 5 figures

[@tgm9991]

@@guggi_ being amongst the first with Jeff Bezos is the once in a lifetime opportunity not just the sub orbital flight alone.

[@guggi_]

​@@tgm9991 oh yeah rereading it it's clear to me now. r/whooosh. thanks and sorry

[@RM-lk1so]

paintings hold value. this lil trip is EGO Aall the way

[@Bobbybentayga]

Her energy and jacket is definitely giving me Rachel Maddow 😂

[@Michigan1985]

SpaceX - Science, Exploration, Mars --- Blue Origin - Big windows, "soft landing", infomercial, middle school project

[@fachri17]

I wouldve choose to wait for 10 years then can go into orbit for much more cheaper than that lol

[@ihateandreykrasnokutsky]

And you'll make much less history in this case.

[@ImranSahir1]

With Bezos going to space, some of the people and news channels are saying that there's a race between CEOs to go to space themselves first. That's factually incorrect. While Richard Branson does want to fly, Elon Musk never showed an interest to go to orbit; he'd most likely want to go to Mars.

[@nightlightabcd]

Apparently, he has changed his mind and he does want to go and taking his brother with him!

[@djkamilo66]

@@nightlightabcd thats bezos not musk...

[@jotmat5010]

@@djkamilo66 I think Musk has a brother.

[@putinvladimir6293]

selfie on mars

[@valerie80yearsago90]

Hahaha Elon wants to send Bezos a selfie on the surface of Mars. Sub-orbit is child’s play.

[@YoutubeAdsSuck]

First batch of civilians to go to space in some time, stunning work!

[@ASSIMO]

28 million dollars for first seat, new generation of space exploration here ahead!

[@UncleKennysPlace]

Uh, tell that to the Commercial Crew. This is a pop and drop.

[@mike97525]

The Russians' would take you to the space station for that much😣

[@acevtura4244]

That's about correct. They just wouldn't take you back. Think a ride is about double.

[@flurgy22]

And you could chill in the space station for a bit as well.

[@sanpol4399]

Just if the lack of profit to launch the passengers cheaper was compensated by the Russian government , injecting taxpayers money. 😀😀

[@egor.okhterov]

1. There are more restrictions on your physical conditions to go to ISS. 2. Money goes to the russian government, not the kids studying STEM.

[@grvc44]

wrong! you will pay 90 million USD to russia if you want to go to ISS while space X is 60 million.

[@k.t.5405]

$28 mil!!!! YEAH BABY!!!! You could buy a Falcon 9 off of Musky for that.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Nowhereman10]

You could buy the 2nd stage with Mvac on it, but not the whole rocket.

[@tgm9991]

No you really couldn't

[@alexeikafe5388]

You could buy almost half a Falcon 9

[@alexeikafe5388]

Or like 14 Starships

[@CodepageNet]

well, congrats!! it went higher than i expected, but i wouldnt have been surprised if it went even higher. (shame Virgin Galactic is trailing behind)

[@RogerM88]

I hope for this bid, Blue Origin offers at least one more flight to the bidder. Or some nice Amazon deals.

[@gernith]

free shipping for one year.

[@UncleKennysPlace]

Actually, the winner gets stuffed into a much-too-large space on the ship, with no padding, for the true Amazon experience.

[@sRocketScience]

**comment deleted**

[@iamarokotmanson]

@@sRocketScience less than half a launch of a crew dragon actually. Crew dragon is pretty cheap but it ain't dirt cheap

[@sRocketScience]

@@iamarokotmanson Yep Idk why i said that I forgot how many 0 were there.... That was a stupid mistake

[@CallMeMicahT]

Enjoy space bro, and getting back and being like “shit I could’ve spent that 28 million on something so much better”

[@desmondknows]

The Overview Effect is worth it. People who see the planet firsthand are changed forever. We should send all billionaires to space to get an Overview experience, so they can make meaningfull change upon their return.

[@CarlosAM1]

Given how much money that person is willing to spend going to space for 28 million will probs be cheap for them.

[@Iamrich00]

lmao you really think these type of rich people really cared about it... if they're paying around 30 million to go to space i don't think they're the type of person to have "something much better" to spend that money on

[@CarlosAM1]

Also, what would that "something so much better" be? another Yatch? another mansion? if I was a billionaire I would definitely like to go to space

[@egor.okhterov]

If you wanted to donate money to kids, would you just donate these money anonymously or would you like to get huge media exposure and go to space as a bonus?

[@rabieamziani8267]

I wouldn't call kissing space for 2 minutes, really going to space.

[@ET_AYY_LMAO]

Yeah I personally define "in space" as an orbit with a periapsis above the karman line.

[@ET_AYY_LMAO]

@FridayGood Thats like having a flight transfer at Charles de gaulle airport and proclaim that you have been to france!

[@hamzamahmood9565]

"Buy this seat and get amazon prime for life plzzz." ______ jeff who?

[@lilpain8883]

The auction’s proceeds will be donated to Blue Origin’s education-focused nonprofit Club for the Future, which supports kids interested in future STEM careers.

[@egor.okhterov]

People think that he is just paying for the flight =)

[@merlepatterson]

The older woman bidder from Groundhog Day stands up and says; "I got two bits!!"

[@RG-bz3tl]

This was great, but I wonder if the bidder realizes you can get an orbital flight, stay at the space station for several days, and be a true astronaut for less than twice the winning bid. Great marketing for Blue Origin. Probably the opportunity to spend a bit of time with Jeff is part of the bidder's decision, not just the most basic spaceflight possible. Either way, this was awesome and I'm so glad to be alive to see this sort of thing happen. Godspeed!

[@sakuraslight]

have fun in space wish i had even just 1% of that i could live like a king down here on earth.

[@chadfernelius9096]

good to have the wealthy buy things like a ticket to space and stop driving up real estate through speculation.

[@egor.okhterov]

You can have 1% of 28 mln, that is a richable goal.

[@foxkenji]

Does it come with a lifetime Prime subscription?

[@HassanAli-py9ce]

Dude got robbed for 28 million

[@secretgamer743]

Nah, but fr. He should've waited a year and got it for less than a million.

[@phamnuwen9442]

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[@egor.okhterov]

I agree. It would've been better if he bought some yacht or bitcoin or AMC stock instead of donating these money to some random kids.. =)

[@phamnuwen9442]

​@@egor.okhterov That would have been a relevant comment if this had been a donation. But it was not. It was the purchase of a trip.

[@egor.okhterov]

@@phamnuwen9442 how is it not a donation? Did they lie?

[@domoredujordan]

Up there with Bezos, hand on the hatch to space: Alright Jeff, let's make a deal.

[@LisaBowers]

NGL, if I had _that_ kind of money, I would've been bidding too. I'd *love* to go to space. Yet here I am, watching this video and shouting out, "I'd buy that for a dollar!" 😜

[@DiveTheseClips]

I'd wait a decade or so, I bet by that time the price will be at least 10 times lower. In the meantime your 28m$ would be able to generate enough interest to let you ride to space basically for free.

[@guggi_]

@@DiveTheseClips Virgin Galactic sold 600 tickets for 250k or less. in 10 years it will be surely in the 5 figures

[@TheRoadfarmer]

Space. For 2 minutes. *Yawn*

[@iancluroe5659]

What are the odds Richard Branson is the winning bidder? 😂🚀 $SPCE

[@tgm9991]

Slim

[@ihateandreykrasnokutsky]

He would better invest it in his own ship.

[@ihateandreykrasnokutsky]

@Owen Mattsson wow, he had a flight already? I was at work, skipped it.

[@jackwhitlock1]

Imagine if that guy doesn’t have 28 million

[@stygiandoggy7781]

Credit card declines...

[@petemullins]

It would kind of be funny but all bidders since bidding crossed $50k much earlier in the process have had to prove ability to pay before their bid was accepted. I'm sure all live bidders were confirmed multi-millionaires/billionaires.

[@Kaminoextragalactic]

Does dragon still have the 4 rocket engine abort system? cos if thats the case this crew capsule sucks lol

[@freevlad1]

isn't it free for prime members?

[@petemullins]

No, you have to be on "Prime VIP" - there's only one member and it costs $28m for a lifetime membership.

[@doritos7134]

The bidding was exciting!

[@crocodile2006]

The auction part had "Taken" vibes about it

[@solomzimiya6090]

Lol

[@carjazzer8]

New shepherd looks really good

[@musondao]

Is the capsule going to land on land or water, I see the land landing is pretty hard

[@ClearVod]

land

[@chumpy500]

land landing, it looks like a hard landing but right before it hits the ground it creates an air cushion underneath the capsule

[@spacexneuralink3945]

Yess

[@ccolonify]

It was amazing... Wow 28 million dollars for this ride, well for sure is a lifetime experience.

[@pancake4027]

ughhh you guyssss competition is GOOD

[@saucyisawesome]

A flat earther would take a ride to space and would blame the window for making the earth look like a globe.

[@mickeythebutthuffincrackpu5330]

They would hold a press conference to tell the people of Earth that the Earth is flat but it's two-sided and origami.

[@DTHRocket]

28 mil is less than what NASA pays per seat. Oh wait, that's orbit

[@iamarokotmanson]

This is the first flight and you meet Jeff bezos

[@iamarokotmanson]

Go to space with also

[@fachri17]

@@iamarokotmanson yeah, that much money just to met jeff bezos

[@TomNook.]

I would love to be an auctioner (or whatever they call them), sounds so fun

[@foxkenji]

So the winner of the bid is Yuzaku Maezawa? The same Japanese entrepreneur going to space in a Falcon 9 and later in Starship?

[@PSPMHaestros]

I'm used to seeing this kind of bids in tv, but with hundreds or maybe thousands, not millions lmao

[@fabioferreiragomes]

ESPETACULAR....INCRÍVEL..

[@Dravid12319]

The day will come when people will travel to space in less than $5000..Just like commercial aviation industry

[@Benjaminduduu]

that auction was obscene

[@HM-rw7kg]

Does it include Amazon prime for life?

[@scorpio6587]

Mind blowing

[@mrduuud]

How much carbon emmissions does one of these flights emit? What would be the equivalent number of long haul flights?

[@MrBlack-ei4jy]

Interesting question! The New Shepard has a hydrolox (hydrogen + liquid oxygen) engine, so the exhaust of the rocket should contain no carbon. All the preparations for the launch, the construction of the rocket and the infrastructure to support it and the refining of the hydrogen and oxygen probably still produced a lot of carbon emissions. Also, water in the upper atmosphere is a pretty potent greenhouse gas. If you want to watch a really nice and long breakdown of the pollution the space industry produces, I can really recommend Everyday Astronauts video on this topic.

[@20thcenturyboy85]

Best of Luck on this Adventure!

[@Schwing27]

I really hope it was Elon Musk who got it. That would be amazing.

[@Pastorsun]

Join the conversation on Hangouts: hangouts.google.com/group/6CTn2G64X5H2fN9N7

[@Pastorsun]

Hi Ryan

[@Jrcraft]

Why, because he had to shell out to another company because his own wouldn't take him? Just makes B.O. look superior.

[@Schwing27]

@@Jrcraft lol. I’m assuming that was sarcasm. At least for your sake I hope it was.

[@ejali7708]

Nahhh😂 elon better be going moon not in the sky😂

[@karimnassar7706]

Those sound effects at 10:30

[@JamieG.]

28 million 😳

[@estebengrifo8160]

🤢 Open auction, yeah right... Hey Blue Origin, do you also sell economy seats?

[@gametimegallery7661]

$28M to go 250 miles up? Maybe to go to the moon, walk around, and collect some moon rocks. But only 250 miles up?

[@sniper7269]

It's only about 60 miles

[@sniper7269]

@Universe is Mine ✓ Yes =)

[@gametimegallery7661]

@Wernher von Braun Then it's even a worse buy at $28M. :)

[@iamarokotmanson]

28 million? For a flight and landing to the moon? You're not serious right?

[@mrduuud]

I would want a couple of orbits at least for $28M

[@liamconn35]

For real

[@iamarokotmanson]

@@liamconn35 which vehicle can put you in orbit for less than 30 million?

[@liamconn35]

@@iamarokotmanson we're just shitting on blue origin, calm yourself.

[@officialzachdec]

It's probably some Arab prince.

[@minuparhi4637]

Ohh gotta get my30 million dollar for that bungeee jump. This is so affordable

[@tomboard1]

Maybe for all those millions the bidder will at least be given free two-day shipping. Because I can't remember the last time I ordered something from Amazon that came in two days.

[@thomasboomer9809]

That's crazy. Very cool, but that's crazy.

[@williamthirry9914]

But why take this flight when the next flights will be like 100x cheaper.

[@lasersbee]

8:38 That's about $13.71 a foot at $4.8 million or $80.00 a foot at $28 million.

[@slowpoke96Z28]

You should’ve got at me blue origin. I would’ve beat that bid.

[@Paul_GameDev]

Amazing... Paying any tax on that sale?

[@egor.okhterov]

Is charity taxable?

[@sarahwaters8262]

6%

[@brianhale3678]

99.99% of us will not go to space. 100% of us will die.

[@brianhale3678]

How do you get to hell? Very simple: claim that you're innocent. How do you get to heaven? Very simple: Admit that you're not Innocent, you're guilty and ask for mercy. How to know if you're guilty or not? Simply: Compare your life to the Ten Commandments God gave you in the Bible. Everyone agrees that if people followed the ten commandments there would be no need for governments or police. Do not lie. Do not steal. Do not commit adultery. Do not insult God by using his name as a cuss word. There are six more but let's just leave it at that. How many lies have you told in your life? Have you ever taken anything that didn't belong to you? Jesus said, if you look at a women lustfully you've already committed adultery in your heart with that woman. How many times a day do you do that? Do you use God's name as a cuss word? Would you do that with your own mother's name? If you answer these questions honestly you know that you're guilty. God can justly punish you and send you to hell. Ask him for mercy. His name is Jesus.

[@popaleti4010]

All I could think about this whole video was the series Avenue 5 and the space poop - Ahhhhahahaaaaa

[@MrMarco7259]

The winning bidder is.....Carrot Top! Have fun, Jeff Who?

[@joe1168]

They aren’t even going into orbit

[@amjd2569]

Enjoy your 5 minutes in space for that $28 000 000 lol

[@blacx2]

In space it's only around a minute

[@sarahwaters8262]

@@blacx2 It's 3 minutes in space

[@blacx2]

@@sarahwaters8262 In the last flight it only spent 1 minuts and 10 seconds avobe 100 km.

[@TomNook.]

Jeff says its for charity, but that 6% commission - 1.7 million - is going to the auction organiser!

[@BlazeYT_]

The auction seems to have weird vibes tho

[@mickeythebutthuffincrackpu5330]

That's because it's an infomercial at 3:00 in the morning on QVC. 😭🚿

[@TheAndie130]

Only very rich people can afford this. What about having a lottery aswell that more people can afford? £5/$5 a ticket or something would soon mount up! Maybe for the second manned flight?

[@foxkenji]

I’d buy a lotto ticket.

[@Music-iu3nq]

With 28 million you could go 28 times, if regular price is 1 million

[@k.t.5405]

I'm calling in $30 mil....GO SHEP!!!

[@daisyduck8593]

In very close future: Anyone can become an astronaut, you just need to sell your house :D

[@Newb1eYou_]

Having just to reach the edge of space isn't that exiting you guys must do a full orbit around earth

[@jelly4frog498]

awesome

[@keithhh]

Crazy

[@iulian207]

why only 3 minutes? why not 1 hour? or 2

[@sebastiannolte1201]

Because it is not an orbital rocket. It just goes straight up and falls down.

[@astonmartinvanquish4930]

Dam outbidded at the last minute

[@marilynm3261]

28 for 1 seat? Mean while people buying entire seats on spacex rockets to share.

[@alexeikafe5388]

For less than 28 million you can buy a ticket to the ISS and spend days up there. I guess that the bid might be because he wanted to be the first to fly with BO or to fly with Jeff🤷🏻‍♂️. At least the money goes to fund a good cause!👌

[@officialcoronavirus3237]

Blue origin:"28 million dollars to experience 3 mins weightlessness. We have tested extensively, flown 15 times." Space x: "am i a joke to u? "

[@egor.okhterov]

This whole event flew over your head :) It's not just for flying. It is charity first and going to space as a bonus.

[@smashexentertainment676]

Have New Shepard been tested with people on board? Or the winning bidder will essentially be a crash test dummy along with the owner and his bro?

[@sebastiannolte1201]

It will be the first flight with people on board. But I don't see a high risk. The rocket did 15 successfull flights in the last five years.

[@yannick8037]

We definetely don't have the same problem on this planet😭😭😭

[@TheBooban]

Why didn’t he ask for 28 100 000?

[@jonathanmgoodman]

$28M for 3 minutes of space time. That's nearly $10M per minute in space but at least its going towards charity. The total flight time will be around 11 minutes but only 3 of which will be in space.

[@outranklab]

Not “space”, in fact, not even an orbit.

[@iamarokotmanson]

@@outranklab it's definitely space but just not orbit

[@Furrrburger]

"Going to space" as measured by crossing the Karman line is synonymous with "Going to Disneyland" pulling into the parking lot, and then promptly leaving.

[@blastfiendsunite420]

You are an actual dumbass if you honestly believe that..