will become the oldest person in space after training in the 1960s for a women in space program, but never getting the chance to fly. i ve dreamt a long time to get to go up. reporter: bezos will be the second billionaire to leave the planet after richard branson launched his virgin galactic spaceship last week. whoo! reporter: but bezos trip will look a little bit different. his 11-minute flight will start like a traditional launch, the capsule sitting above the rocket. the ship is completely autonomous. there s no pilot. and it ll quickly accelerate to mach three, reaching the edge of space within just three minutes. and if there s any problem with the rocket during the flight the escape motor is activated. we got a firsthand look. this is the escape motor? exactly. this is the escape motor. at any phase in flight, we can fire this, and we can get the capsule far and fast away from the booster if anything is detected. reporter: david, blue origin says there s no bad seat
on a commercial flight, funk will become the oldest person in space after training in the 1960s for a women in space program, but never getting the chance to fly. i ve dreamt a long time to get to go up. reporter: bezos will be the second billionaire to leave the planet after richard branson launched his virgin galactic spaceship last week. whoo! reporter: but bezos trip will look a little bit different. his 11-minute flight will start like a traditional launch, the capsule sitting above the rocket. the ship is completely autonomous. there s no pilot. and it ll quickly accelerate to mach three, reaching the edge of space within just three minutes. and if there s any problem with the rocket during the flight the escape motor is activated. we got a firsthand look. this is the escape motor? exactly. we can fire this and we can get the capsule far and fast away from the booster. if anything is detected.