expect alert , quad touristry fans . Because you might want to start saving up your pennies to give for a trip to space next twelvemonth .
The private company Blue Origin , owned by Amazon ’s Jeff Bezos , is plain planning to originate selling tickets to ride on its projectile in 2019 , for about$50,000 to $ 250,000 . It ’s not yet clear when the company will start vanish mass , though .
“ We plan to pop flying our first test passengers soon , ” said Blue Origin Senior Vice President Rob Meyerson at the Amazon Web Services Public Sector Summit in Washington last hebdomad , reportedSpaceNews . “ We expect to set off selling tickets in 2019 . ”
Blue Origin has been meddlesome for the last few old age test out the rocket it ’ll use for these flights , promise New Shepard . It can reach a maximum altitude of more than 100 kilometers ( 62 mi ) , the official line of space , giving paying customers a few minutes of lightness before return to Earth .
The rocket has now fly eight time , each without any world on display panel , with the late come about onApril 29 this year . That included a mannequin and cameras inside the bunch condensation , which separate from the booster and returned to Earth separately , picture its heavy window .
The flight will last about 11 minutes from launch to landing place , admit several minutes of weightlessness . The capsule can carry six people , with passengers able to loosen their seatbelts and float around while in blank space , look out the windowpane to get a rather magnificent position of Earth .
Blue Origin ’s reluctance to sell ticket so far is a number different from Virgin Galactic , one of its independent competition for the go forth space touristry marketplace . They have been sell tickets for up to $ 250,000 for a decade , but have also yet to launch people into space , withmore than 700signed up so far .
And Blue Origin has some grander goal too , include building an orbit - subject Eruca sativa calledNew Glenn , and potentially even send a lunar lander to the Moon calledBlue Moon .
“ We believe that setting up Colony on the moon is the next logical step towards exploring Mars and beyond , ” say Meyerson . “ Our vision is millions of mass living and working in blank space , and we have there are many way to get there . ”
For the time being , however , it seem like the first step towards that destination will involve sending paying customer on brusk jaunts into space . Time will tell exactly how much that will be , and when those first people might set off launching . Spoiler though , you ’re probably going to need to be rich .
[ H / T : SpaceNews ]
