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Developed by his company blue origin. i want to go on this flight because it s a thing i ve wanted to do all my life. it s an adventure. it s a big deal for me. reporter: but more than just an adventure, new shepherd was designed to shuttle up to six paying customers, more than 62 miles above the earth s surface, for a few moments of weightlessness and panoramic views, earning the fliers their astronaut wings. while the rocket, which is fully autonomous, has flown 15 test flights, none of them have had humans on board until now. bezos s brother mark bezos will accompany him, an 82-year-old wally funk. wally, good to see you. i brought you one. reporter: funk a pilot who trained for nasa s mercury program but was denied the opportunity to go to space because of her gender. right for you right here, 28 million looking for 29 million. reporter: an additional seat was auctioned off, winning bid at $28 million. ....
In january 2022. he s from the netherlands. we know that his father joe damon actually bought him this seat to be on this flight saying that it s a lifelong dream of oliver to become an astronaut. he s been studying to become a pilot but that he has always dreamed of going to space. take a listen. i ll become the youngest astronaut ever because i m 18 years old. i m super excited to experience this and so the world from above. thank you so much for the people of blue origin for making this happen. thank you. now, victor and alisyn, oliver is set to join jeff bezos, jeff s brother mark bezos and aerospace legend wally funk on this historic funk. wally funk will become the oldest person in space at the age of 82, so very interesting that on this flight you ll have the oldest and the youngest person ever to travel into ....
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Astrophysicist, we ll get to all of them. bezos is expected to travel further than branson did, rachel. there is obviously competition with spacex as well, so there s a lot of eyes watching this in the space community. that s right. and you know, elon musk tweeting this morning to blue origin, wishing them well. we have not yet heard from richard branson wishing blue origin or jeff bezos well. that might be coming in the future. there is this competitive spirit between the companies we saw right before richard branson and virgin galactic made their historic flight blue origin pointing out there would be an asterisk by the name of those astronauts because they did not cross that carmen line which is the international demarcation of space. they were only going 50 miles above earth, which is what nasa, the military and the faa designate as space. the international line is 62 miles above earth, so that s what blue origin will cross today, both the booster and the capsule. so the astronau ....