On 20 July, I will take that journey with my brother,' said Jeff Bezos, announcing his seat on a journey to the edge of space.īlue Origin's New Shepard rocket is capable of actually making it there, with a maximum achieved altitude of above 100km, and it proved so when it launched on Tuesday. 'Ever since I was five years old, I've dreamed of traveling to space.

Jeff Bezos has returned from space after experiencing four minutes of weightlessness and up to 5Gs of force. The mission went off without a hitch on 11 July, successfully carrying the billionaire, two pilots, and three mission specialists to the fringes of space.īut the company saw more than $1bn wiped off its value the day after it completed a successful crewed test flight - as it revealed plans to sell up to $500m in shares. It's not clear whether this definition is covered by the small print of Virgin Galactic's customer tickets, but ultimately the company aims to be operating multiple space tourism flights a year, and already has more than 600 customers for the $250,000 (£189,000) seats - including Justin Bieber and Leonardo DiCaprio. They both place the boundary of space at 80km above mean sea level, partially because putting it at 100km would complicate issues regarding surveillance aircraft and reconnaissance satellites for the US - although the Department of Defence subscribes to the FAI definition. While Karman himself and the FAI regards this altitude as 100km, Sir Richard has the US Air Force and NASA on his side.

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