How much does it cost to travel with Bezos in space? Nearly 200 million yuan!

Use wechat scan QR code to share with friends and circle of friends <-- On June 13, blue origin announced on Saturday that it had auctioned its new Shepard suborbit for $28 million_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E9%A3%9E%E8%88%B9 "> one seat for the first manned flight of the spacecraft. The successful bidder will work with Amazon founder Jeff · < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E8%B4%9D%E7%B4%A2%E6%96%AF "> Jeff Bezos and his brother went to the edge of space on July 20 Blue origin has not released the name of the winning bidder, but has promised to give more details in the next few weeks. Blue origin's < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E5%AE%87%E8%88%AA%E5%91%98 "> astronaut < / a > and orbital sales director Ariane Cornell said in an online auction that the new Shepard's first manned flight will carry four people, including Bezos and his brother Mark, the winner of the auction and a fourth person to be announced later. The company did not disclose the identity of the fourth person, including whether it was an employee of blue origin, a bidder or someone else the auction started in early May. The initial reserve price was set at $4.8 million, but it exceeded $20 million within a few minutes of the auction. Saturday's final auction attracted more than 7000 bids from 159 countries and regions, with four final bidders competing for $28 million. On the basis of winning the bid, the successful bidder will also pay a buyer's Commission of 6%, for which the final price will be US $29.7 million (about RMB 190 million) the proceeds will be donated to blue origin's education focused nonprofit club for the future, which aims to fund children interested in stem (Science, technology, engineering and Mathematics) careers needs to meet four requirements the successful bidder will only have six weeks to prepare for the flight. He would have to sign a form waiving the right to sue Bezos and blue origin in the event of an accident. The company said passengers only need minimal training, and they do not need to pass the physical examination, they only need to meet four simple requirements: spend $9 million per minute the new Sheppard can send the capsule to an altitude of more than 100000 meters, and it has successfully carried out more than ten unmanned test flights without passengers, This included the test flight in April at the company's desert facility in Texas. The new Sheppard can carry up to six people and can fly automatically without a pilot. The capsule has huge portholes, and passengers can see the earth below in about three minutes of weightlessness before returning to earth Both the rocket and the capsule can be reused when the Sheppard is launched vertically. The booster lands vertically on the company's concrete platform at the Van Horn facility in Texas, while the capsule can land with parachutes. In the manned flight, the whole process of the new Shepard from launch to landing is about 10 minutes, of which about three minutes will be spent in zero gravity state, which means that the successful bidder will spend more than $9 million per minute in space. During weightlessness, passengers will be allowed to unburden and walk around the cabin Bezos founded blue origin in 2000 and is still its owner. He raised money by selling his Amazon shares. The reason why July 20 attracts so much attention is that it is also the 52nd anniversary of Apollo 11's landing on the moon and < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E9%A9%AC%E6%96%AF%E5%85%8B "> musk < / a >, Branson's competition Bezos and the same billionaire Elon Musk and Sir Richard Branson are competing for who will go into space first, but in different ways. Blue origin and Branson's Virgin Galactic are competing to carry passengers on short flights to the edge of space, an area known as suborbital tourism. But Musk's < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=SpaceX "> SpaceX < / a > is carrying private passengers to fly in the sky for many days, which is called rail tourism Blue origin and Virgin Galactic are both developing rocket supported spacecraft, but their launch methods are quite different. The new Shepard of blue origin was launched vertically from the ground, while Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo was released in the air, then taxied back to earth like an airplane and landed on the runway. Virgin Galactic's system is piloted by two pilots, while blue origin does not require a pilot. Branson's company has already conducted manned space flight tests, but it needs to conduct three more space flight tests before it can start carrying commercial customers, which are scheduled to start in 2022 SpaceX launched the manned dragon spacecraft with the help of the reusable Falcon 9 rocket, and has transported 10 astronauts to the international space station and completed three manned missions. In addition to executing the government flight contract, Musk's company plans to launch several private astronaut missions in the coming year, such as the all civilian inspiration 4 mission in September. Starting early next year, SpaceX will launch at least four more private missions for axiom space the blue origin seat auction may have made a net profit of $28 million, but it is much more expensive than Virgin Galactic, its competitor. Although the latter has yet to launch any paying customers, it has sold about 600 tickets, with prices ranging from $200000 to $250000 each. However, the auction price is far lower than the cost of orbital flight. NASA is said to pay SpaceX about $55 million for each seat, which does not include the cost of using the space station（ Small) <-- EndFragment-->

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