blasted into space. this time, the turn ofjeff bezos, amazon founder and world s richest human. the new shepard rocket was in flight for ten minutes and ten seconds. richard branson, whose virgin craft was first two weeks ago, sent a congratulatory tweet. three robots crashed into each other on the ocado factory s grid, disrupting grocery deliveries. the world s first 3d printed steel footbridge was revealed in amsterdam in the city s red light district. the a0 foot, six tonne mx 3d smart bridge will incorporate sensors which researchers can use to analyse foot traffic. and finally, this week, we saw this giant robot, who s learning to pick up cigarette butts on the beach but it needs your help. this is the beachbot.
that we interact with the world. but how these tools develop and how they re being used over time is something we should be keeping an eye on. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that samsung hinted more affordable foldable phones would be unveiled at its unpacked event on august 11. netflix announced it would add video games for subscribers at no extra costs. and a daylong strike of uber and lyft drivers in american for better pay and conditions. and another billionaire blasted into space. this time, the turn ofjeff bezos, amazon founder and world s richest human. the new shepard rocket was in flight for ten minutes and ten seconds. richard branson, whose virgin craft was first two weeks ago, sent a congratulatory tweet.
tv. just to give you an idea. you can see some of the lights behind us. that s actually just a barn where they keep the spacecraft. so we are about three miles away from the launch site. as you said, the closest we can get. we are learning that, again, the spacecraft named the new shepard after allen shepard, the first american in space was wheeled out. rolled out to the launch pad and the crew is in their final stages of preparation and, again, just a really big day for not only jeff bezos but for the future of space tourism and space exploration. bezos taking a big step but also joining another billionaire virgin galactic founder richard branson who did the same thing with his team about nine days ago. much different operations though. you know, you look at virgin galactic. they have a space plane with blue origin not like your traditional rocket it takes off vertically. once it is launched into space that booster that got the
30,000 feet, mark one. there we have it, the new shepard 30,000 feet, mark one. there we have it, the new shepard rocket 30,000 feet, mark one. there we have it, the new shepard rocket from - 30,000 feet, mark one. there we have it, the new shepard rocket from blue i it, the new shepard rocket from blue 0rigin launching into space with jeff bezos on board, his brother and the oldest person to go to space and the oldest person to go to space and the youngest person to fly to space. you re watching bbc news. there it is, jeff bezos, the world s richest man and three crew mates on board his company blue 0rigin s new
through training, they are used of this. certainly, they re gone i through training, they are used to this, but when you first hear about it, four civilians will be in a rocket, propelled into space to the edge of space, with no human pilot on board, four civilians, one woman who went through training in the 60s but never made it into space on account of the fact she was a woman. she had been waiting for this for more than 60 years. jeff bezos, a lifelong dream for him. i think you can hear some of the audio feed there, we arejust can hear some of the audio feed there, we are just approaching now a minute and a half till blastoff. many thanks indeed. sophie, i won t correspond at the launch site in a texas. just remind you of what you re seeing now is the scene in texas, the private launch site of