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"Since I was five years old I have dreamed of traveling to space. On July 20 I will make that trip with my brother. The greatest adventure, with my best friend."

This is what Jeff Bezos, owner of the aerospace company Blue Origin, announced on Monday, something that was already suspected: that he himself will be part of the first suborbital manned flight of his

New Shepard

space vehicle

in which

a tourist will also travel.

The founder of Amazon has made the announcement through his Instagram account.

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A little over a month before that long-awaited flight takes place, which will last a few hours and during which they will

enjoy a few minutes of weightlessness

, it seems that the 57-year-old magnate has been encouraged to be part of this historic journey for the private aerospace sector and with which he also manages to get ahead of his rival, Elon Musk, owner of SpaceX.

The owner of Tesla, who has repeatedly expressed his desire to travel to space, in particular to Mars, is also immersed in ambitious space tourism projects that include a trip to orbit the Moon in 2023. Next September, his company will make its first travel with civilians with one of its

Crew Dragon

capsules

,

which are currently taking astronauts from NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) to the International Space Station (ISS).

The seat of that passenger who will fly with Bezos and his brother is being auctioned through the internet and the bid is already for 2.8 million dollars.

The next June 12 will close with a live auction in which it will be decided who will fly into space with Bezos and his brother in this reusable space vehicle with which the millionaire has honored Alan Shepard, the first American to travel to space. .

As Blue Origin announced in a statement, the money raised in the auction will go to the company's foundation, Club for the Future, dedicated to inspiring future generations to study science and technology careers and help explore The cosmos.

We are in the era in which the great millionaires are not satisfied with having their own yachts and private jets: the trend among the most intrepid rich is to have their own spaceship, as Bezos and Musk but also Richard Branson show.

The owner of Virgin Galactic plans to get on the ship with his family in the near future with which he will offer suborbital flights once they get the license to do so.

Jezz Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, during a presentation of his company B.

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