Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, is set to blast off to space this Tuesday morning on his company Blue Origin’s first commercial flight.
The Amazon founder, 57, is expected to launch in his New Shepard rocket around 9 a.m. ET from West Texas on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Bezos, who paired his spacesuit with a cowboy hat, rang a ceremonial bell before climbing into the capsule, followed by his 53-year-old younger brother, Mark Bezos, whom he invited on the trip.
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Excellent response.
https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1417499715315421202
What would Wernher von Braun (SS Member 185,068-1933) do?
Not Impressed. It might be different if one of these megalomaniacs actually did an orbit.
Space is a construct of the white male capitalist patriarchy.
To absurdity and beyond!
Paging NASA? NASA pick up the RED irrelevance phone.