Others have remarked on Bezos’ cowboy hat and noticeably taut facial features. Specifically, the shape was compared to images of Dr Evil’s rocket from The Spy Who Shagged Me, the 1999 Austin Powers film that features the villain blasting off in a penis-shaped spaceship. Not to mention the time he used police violence to harass Black workers in Alabama and concocted fake Twitter profiles of Amazon workers in a hilariously bad attempt to defend the company.Įnvironmental disaster and gross displays of wealth aside, many people have pointed out the similarities between Bezos’ rocket and a phallus. Of course, he failed to mention the company’s dire working conditions, which include employees reportedly having to pee in bottles because the bathroom breaks they are granted don’t allow them enough time to travel there and back, and heat map surveillance to detect if too many employees are gathering in the same place at the same time. Blue Origin, the aerospace company backed by Jeff Bezos, will begin selling tickets to board its New Shepard rocket ship into the cosmos. Accompanied by fellow billionaire and brother Mark Bezos, astronautical pioneer Wally Funk, and a Dutch physics student, the crew flew just outside the Earth’s atmosphere for a grand total of 11 minutes, emitting more carbon monoxide than a car would in centuries of driving.īezos thanked Amazon employees and customers after landing, saying, “You guys paid for all of this”. Bezos’ galaxy rider is made by his space-travel company, Blue Origin. However, one Blue Origin employee with first-hand knowledge of the pricing plan said the company will start selling tickets in the range of about $200,000 to $300,000.Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person and the founder of Amazon, blazed to space aboard a 60-foot tall penis rocket yesterday (July 20). The sci-fi actor, 90, will be going to space aboard Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ New Shepard rocket, according to TMZ. That makes the experience a premium and Blue Origin isn’t a charity, so the company may inflate the price to beyond £20 million to make a profit.Īlternatively, as the rockets get more sophisticated and the price of a launch decreases, the company may lower the price to make it more competitive.īlue Origin representatives have repeatedly not responded to requests for comment on its programs and pricing strategy.īezos said last May that ticket prices had not yet been decided. Does this mean future tickets will all cost £20 million? It’s tough to say.Įach New Shepard capsule can only ever hold six passengers, so Blue Origin can only launch a few dozen people to space each year. Using an auction meant that Blue Origin could sidestep putting an actual price on the ticket and let the market decide. The flight on July 20 will include a bidder who stumped up £20 million ($28 million) for the experience. But there are some interesting (and very high) numbers being bandied around. We don’t know for sure how much a ticket aboard a Blue Orgin spaceship will cost yet.
The trip marked the first-ever crewed flight of his company. Spoiler alert: flying to space isn’t cheap (Blue Origin) Blue Origins New Shepard rocket launches on Tuesday morning, carrying passengers Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin his brother, Mark Bezos 82-year-old female. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the worlds richest man, launched himself Tuesday on a supersonic joyride to the edge of space.
0 kommentar(er)
