![]() ![]() And no matter how safe New Shepard is, spaceflight is always risky. ![]() Plus, the whole trip is only 11 minutes long.Īt the same time, however, Bezos will fly with no pilot, and probably no spacesuit. The rocket has a good test-flight record, and it features an emergency system that can jettison the passenger capsule away from a failing rocket. New Shepard has flown successfully before - 15 times - but never with humans onboard. The company did not respond to multiple requests for comment for this story. "He certainly understands that there are risks involved, and probably has a good handle on how risky it is."įor the rest of us - who don't have access to Blue Origin's rocket design or risk calculations - it's difficult to say just how much risk Bezos is taking. "Bezos is a risk-taker," John Logsdon, the founder of George Washington University's Space Policy Institute and a former member of the NASA Advisory Council, told Insider. From that moment to touchdown, all their fates will rely on the rocket and its space capsule. The group is set to strap into a capsule on the top of the five-story rocket on Tuesday. Jeff Bezos is about to place his life in the hands of Blue Origin's rocket engineers.īezos, who founded the company in 2000, will be the first passenger on its New Shepard rocket, along with his brother Mark Bezos, 82-year-old aviator Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Dutch student Oliver Daemen. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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