reporter: chris, just under 24 hours to go. you can imagine this is ratcheting up from excitement standpoint. this is the launch that made front page of the van horn advocate. blue origin set to take off in the shepherd rocket. on board, jeff bezos, soon to be the oldest astronaut, 82-year-old, and youngest, oliver damon. the launch is set for 9:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow. take a listen. there s one person who is the first person in space, and that happened a long time ago. i am number 570. that s where we are going to be in this list. this isn t a competition. this is about building a road to space so future generations can do incredible things in space. excited to join the club.