New level. You like that . I do. I didnt know if you were going to say it. I really like it. Listen, a short time ago bezoss Space Travel Company Blue Origin released video from inside the capsule of this fully autonomous rocket ship. You could see bezos, his brother, 82yearold wally Funk And 18yearold oliver daemen, having a flip around here. A little tight. They seem to be having a grand old time. It looks like it is fun. Oh. Space. Unbelievable. Oh is It Everything you thought it would be . Fantastic. Here, look. Oliver. Oh, thats great i couldnt tell if they were hugging Each Other or just running into Each Other. In a fete of engineering the Rockets Booster is recyclable. It landed back at its designated spot so it can be reused, which is a major advance that could keep costs down for future Space Travelers. We can see it right there, that pinpoint landing. I mean, anderson thats incredible. A thing of beauty for Blue Origin. I mean look at that thing. Nailed that landing. So bezo
Andreas, going to their nonprofit of choice. no strings attached he says. d $100 million going to van jones and chef jose andreas. victor and alisyn. it was wonderful to watch. that was a wonderful surprise, even to van jones. i was watching and said, why is van jones there. i turned up the volume and $100 million. it is like, what! congratulations to van and all of the charities that will benefit. rachel crane, thanks so much. so cnn s anderson cooper caught up with bezos and his younger brother, mark, right after their flight. here is what they said. amazing. yeah. i mean, really. when you landed you said, best day ever. best day ever. and i couldn t pick a best part, i couldn t pick a best part. it was really i don t have the talent to put into words what we just experienced. i ll try, but i don t. was it different than you thought it would be? my expectations were up here and they were exceeded. so i would say zero g was
New level. you like that? i do. i didn t know if you were going to say it. i really like it. listen, a short time ago bezos s space travel company blue origin released video from inside the capsule of this fully autonomous rocket ship. you could see bezos, his brother, 82-year-old wally funk and 18-year-old oliver daemen, having a flip around here. a little tight. they seem to be having a grand old time. it looks like it is fun. oh. space. unbelievable. oh! is it everything you thought it would be? fantastic. here, look. oliver. oh, that s great! i couldn t tell if they were hugging each other or just running into each other. in a fete of engineering the rocket s booster is recyclable. it landed back at its designated spot so it can be reused, which is a major advance that could
Seat on all of this. rachel, what does he mean? what is the next step? what happens now? reporter: what happens immediately is celebration and ticket sales. i was just out at the landing pad with bezos himself and his fellow passengers, and they were basking in the glory of that booster that made that, you know, incredible landing. now, that was the third time that that booster has been used after today s successful flight. but back to those ticket sales, i mean we still don t know how much these are going to cost, but we do know that blue origin already has two flights lined up and paid for in 2021 alone. now, the company hoping to increase the pace of these flights, but today s flight was really a dream come true for blue origin s founder, jeff bezos, mark bezos, oliver, but no one more so than wally funk. 82-year-old wally funk, breaking john glen s record of being the oldest person in space. she trained to be an astronaut
Back in the 60s, part of the mercury 13, but she was never given the opportunity to fly because of her gender. but that all changed today, and she got her astronaut wings. she was so excited, alisyn and victor, at this press conference, i mean she really couldn t stay in her seat. i was in the front row and i thought she was going to leap into my lap. take a listen to what she had to say. i was going into space and i want to thank you, sweetheart, because you made it possible for me. i ve been waiting a long time to finally get it up there. i felt so charged. i was not i was just normal, normal person going up into space, and that s what i wanted to feel. reporter: so, alisyn and victor, a lot of people thought bezos was crazy to get into this capsule and go on this flight. that s because this vehicle had never flown humans before. that was the historic first