Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Sets Its Sights on Space Tourism | WSJ

Blue Origin plans to launch its first passenger spaceflight on July 20 with billionaire CEO Jeff Bezos and three others on board. The flight, which will have at least one paying passenger, is being hailed as the next step in a new era of space tourism. Photo illustration: Alex Kuzoian/WSJ

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[GURken]

$28 million for a couple of minutes is a ridiculous price.
Anousheh Ansari paid $20 million and she was in space for *11 days.* In a *space station.* Orbiting Earth. Making experiments and stuff.

[randyjax]

One trip will cost you more than the average person earns in a lifetime.

[VangelisFilms]

Anyone else notice how Bezos is literally Lex Luthor?

[regolith]

"I want you to come with me"
"Are you serious?"
Holy **** that was so fake and so cringe.

[guslevy]

So, basically Bezos is merely spending Billions to create another Six Flags ride…cool.

[tristanedge]

now Richard Branson is going to beat Jeff Bezos by about 9 days

[Tinjinladakh]

fun fact; do you know blue origin put zero astronaut in orbit & Space X put 10 people in 1 year to ISS, and u can see progress of starship on internet.

[zachem]

None of that changes the fact that there are 50 million Kangaroos living in Australia, and only 3.5 million people in Uruguay... That means if the Kangaroos invaded Uruguay, each citizen would have to fight 14 kangaroos...

You're welcome.

[spooky.-]

I don’t think the people in this comment section realize THE COST WILL GET CHEAPER. It’s like airplanes. They were for the rich in the beginning and got cheaper.

[jasondickson]

Pretty sure there’s a petition to not let him come back to earth 🌍

[Naughtydoggy]

This will be the greatest comedy piece in history if bezos doesn’t make it back

[rockysage]

WSJ what have you guys been smoking? Blue origin ahead of it's competition? Since when?

[outbackfrank]

Spending billions, to see Earth burning, drying, melting. If only these guys had the same motivation to save the planet against climate change.

[danielpalma]

Jeff Bazos wants you to order cookies from Mars with free shipping included with literal out of these world subscriptions.

[jaredspencer]

"Blue Origin blasted ahead of the competition." What competition? Virgin Galactic? That's a single competitor. SpaceX and Russia are sending customers to the ISS. I mean, it's cool and all, but this is a race between two companies (for sub-orbital hops). EDIT: And Richard Branson just announced that he will beat Bezos to space by 9 days, LOL.

[socialmoravec]

Jeff Bezos, the Justin Hammer of the space industry.

[thiagomoreno]

Love how they say that blue origin “blasted ahead of its competitors”. Its main competitor is SpaceX and Blue Origin is light years behind SpaceX. Lol who are the clowns who script these videos?

[starguy]

Jeff: We will finally make it to the Karman line!
Elon:

[blubaylon]

"Blue Origin's main competitor, Virgin Galactic." Excuse me what? What are you smoking WSJ? You didn't even mention the fact that SpaceX is miles ahead of both Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic combined...

[frhyuhy]

Why don't you consider spacex a competitor? With the first commercial crew going up soon and several commercial flights scheduled for the ISS they are already in the space tourist business.