Blue Origin simulated astronaut flight
Blue Origin
Someone just won the right to fly into space with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on July 20, after submitting a winning auction bid of $28 million. The name of the winning bidder will be released in the coming days after paperwork is finalized, the company says. The bid will be donated to the company’s philanthropic organization, Club for the Future, which promotes STEM education.
“I want to go on this flight because it’s a thing I’ve wanted to do all my life,” Bezos said in a video introduction to the auction.
Sealed bidding for the seat began on May 5, and two weeks later bids were unsealed and continued to rise in a silent auction until Saturday’s live event. During the silent portion of the auction, on June 7, Jeff Bezos announced that he himself would be taking the ride with the auction winner, along with his brother Mark and an as yet unnamed fourth person. Bids jumped at that point, reaching…
