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shepherd and some of the original seven astronauts. to see his daughter is going to get the chance to go on a suborbital flight and get that glimpse of what her father felt, it s wonderful. we see how emotional people are when they have these experiences. leroy ciao, thank you for joining us. my pleasure. the top ten cnn heros of 2021 have been announced. as you vote for two more weeks, we ll introduce our top ten. one in northern nigeria, thousands of child victims have found hope for brighter futures thanks to this top ten cnn hero.
another first for blue origin. it s next space launch will have max capacity. michael strahan will be an honorary guest on its flight on december 9th. strahan and five other passengers will ride to the edge of space on the rocket named after alan shepherd. i m joined by leroy ciao. what is this going to look like do you think? michael strahan is definitely taller than the nasa requirement. he wouldn t have made it on the shuttle or the russian vehicles. they have much more strict requirements. it should be a fun ride for him and everyone else. getting into space is a unique experience that only several
above sea level. bezos says he plans to go 12 miles higher, to the international border, if you will, the carbon line and the first paying customer on board his trip. commander leroy ciao and nicholas schmidle. sorry for mispronouncing that. the author of the new book test gods:virgin galactic and the making of a modern astronaut. do we think this will have the same sort of fan fare on tuesday? what are you looking for? i think it will probably have the same kind of fan fare just because we have another household name going up. of course, richard branson being the classic kind of showman that he is definitely, you know, got
experience, to try to make changes and make sure it is the best experience possible. jim. we ll be watching, rachel crane, thank you so much. here with me now is retired nasa astronaut leroy ciao. he s performed six space walks and logged over 229 days in space. thanks for taking the time. you bet, good to be with you. so big picture, i want to ask you, as a nasa astronaut, do you think space tourism which is where both of the businesses are heading to some degree, but for the near future reserved for just the very wealthiest of people, right? we re talking about millions of dollars a tike. is that good for space exploration? i think it is. it raised a lot of awareness and the general public on space exploration and space flight. so yes, i think it is good and it is a natural evolution of how we started. so nasa developed with the contractors, rocket spacecraft