people who say they go into space that they come back changed. i can t wait to see what it s going to do to me. and we have lift off. well blue origin has flown 15 unmanned test, flights this will be the first to carry passengers. baseless will take seat number six, the simulator earnings that probe of the capsule that will carry all four, 62 miles high, for three minutes of weightlessness. and six massive windows. and as you are sending, essentially a feels like deer this falling away from. you you re watching the whole thing roll through your window. like the virgin galactic, paying passengers are already signing up. eventually blue origin sends to send six passengers at a time in the space, from this launch pad. on the west texas desert. but unlike a nasa rocket or the space plane, there are no professional astronauts are pilots on board. it is all controlled from the groom. blue origin insists this ship is loaded with safety back soft,
they got to 66 miles above the west texas desert. the four passengers got the view and weightlessness that they only dreamed up. bezos caught some skittles. the booster landed vertically where it will be used a again. the capsule carrying the four passengers parachuted to a safe and uneventful landing. bezos was asked if his flight to space has changed his view of earth. here s how we responded. as we move and the planet, we re damaging it. so that is that s that s a very profound one thing to recognize that intellectually and another thing to see with your own eyes how fragile it is. now, this flight not only historic being that you had jeff bezos, the richest man in the world launched himself to space but you have the youngest at 18
effect. then in addition, three parachutes, not just one, to slow the vehicle, and retro rockets fire. as it settles into the sand, it is a gentle cushion effect as you come to the west texas desert. there s a lot of sand in west texas to land in. no particular bulls eye, had a wide open field to land in. a beautiful day, by the way, 75 degrees here now. locals are saying we can t believe the weather, it is normally 110 degrees out here. we had a string of beautiful low temp days in the west texas desert. perfect for first flight. stars align for blue origin and jeff bezos at least today. tom costello, you re back for more coverage later on. stephanie ruhle, you re with us as well. to hear tom talk about the landing, it looked on video, you see a cloud of sand come up, it is fascinating to hear what it must have been like inside that capsule. perhaps a more gentle landing
rocket trail going up to the sky, you don t know how that feels until you witness it firsthand and it s absolutely a powerful moment to know they went to outer space and to come back down so successfully, to see that capsule come off of the rocket, first witness that rocket land on top of its pad and the three parachutes come out and to hear the audio from the four crew members inside, the glee from wally funk and just everyone sharing that excitement for that soft landing back in the west texas desert, just an absolutely historic and incredible moment, and important to note that convoy from blue origin on standby, they were on top of that capsule, almost as soon as it landed. there was no bull s eye here, a lot of desert to work with so they were running up to that capsule, checking for thumbs up from every person inside there, about ever they walked outside and to see smiles, hugs and
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