an 11-minute ride to the edge of space. his company blue origin developed the rocket technology. let s talk more about it with cnn s aerospace analyst, miles o brien. l i love that, from aviation to aerospace, i love the title. we re going higher. aviation doesn t cut it, we have to do aerospace. right on. so listen, jeff bezos is set to go up. last year was richard branson. you say these flights may be tone deaf but they re important milestones. i don t disagree, but tell the viewers why. it s hard to look at it and say this is great for the world, right? a couple of guys doing gold plated bungee jumps. you could have looked at wilbur and orville in 1903 and said the same thing. what does it lead to? the billionaires always go
cnn s aerospace analyst miles o brien. i love that. from aviation to aerospace. i love the title, miles. good to see you. going higher. you know, aviation doesn t cut it. we ve got to do aerospace now. let s go higher. right on. jeff bezos set to go up. last week it was richard branson, and you say the billionaires space efforts may seem tone deaf but they re important milestones. i don t disagree with you. but tell the viewers why. well, you know, it s hard to look at it and say, wow, this is great for the world, right? a couple of guys doing gold-plated bungee jumps. and i suppose you could have looked at wilbur and orville back in 190 3 and said the same thing, right? what does it lead to is really the important question. the billionaires always go first. the rich people as go first. the inventors go first. these guys have, you know,