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Call it a space race for billionaires: British mogul Richard Branson one-upped rival Jeff Bezos, and announced that he too will blast beyond Earth’s atmosphere as many as nine days ahead of the Amazon founder.
Call it a space race for billionaires: British mogul Richard Branson one-upped rival Jeff Bezos, and announced that he too will blast beyond Earth’s atmosphere as many as nine days ahead of the Amazon founder.
With both tycoons having created space tourism companies and positioned themselves as leaders in the suborbital-flights-for-the-wealthy sector, the move signalled clear if not fierce competition.
WASHINGTON: Call it a space race for billionaires: British mogul Richard Branson one-upped rival Jeff Bezos on Thursday, announcing that he too would blast beyond Earth’s atmosphere as many as nine days ahead of the Amazon founder.
With both tycoons having created space tourism companies and positioned themselves as leaders in the suborbital-flights-for-the-wealthy sector, the move signalled clear if not fierce competition.
The announcement follows Bezos’s proclamation in early June that he and his brother would be part of the crew on the first manned flight aboard his company Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle.
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Jeff Bezos & Wally Funk
WASHINGTON: Barrier-breaking woman aviator Wally Funk, 82, will join Jeff Bezos this month on the first crewed spaceflight for the billionaire’s company Blue Origin, the firm announced on Thursday.
The trip is 60 years overdue for Funk, who was one of the Mercury 13 the first women trained to fly to space from 1960-1961, but excluded because of their gender.
On July 20, she will become the oldest person ever to go to space when she takes part in the journey aboard the New Shepard launch vehicle along with Bezos, his brother Mark and one other traveler who paid $28 million at auction for the seat.