oldest person ever to go to space, she will be joined by the youngest person to make the trip, as mola lenghi reports, their tickets to ride came as a huge surprise. i am super excited to experience zero g. reporter: that is 18 year old oliver deaman on thursday blue origin announced the teen from the netherlanders will be joining amazon founder jeff bezos during the company s first commercial flight with passengers to space. > blue sheppard is clear of the tower. deaman s seat was supposed to go to an unnamed person who bid $28 million for the opportunity. blue origin says that person can no longer go because of a scheduling conflict. i am super excited to go to space. and joining the flight. reporter: deaman who was an auction runner-up says it will be the most special 11 minutes of his life. i now become the youngest astronaut ever. reporter: along with deaman will be bezos brother and