The first manned space flight right by a space development venture founded by IT giant Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was sold for $ 28 million, or about 3 billion yen in Japanese yen.
The spacecraft will be launched on the 20th of next month, and Mr. Bezos and his brother will also be on board.
Blue Origin, a space development venture company founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, plans to make its first manned space flight with its own rocket and spacecraft on the 20th of next month. It is announced that you will board.
The spacecraft can accommodate up to six people, one of which was put up for auction and sold at an online bidding event on the 12th for $ 28 million, or about 3 billion yen in Japanese yen. I did.
The proceeds of the auction will be donated to a fund run by "Blue Origin" to support children's science education.
The winning bidder will be announced in the coming weeks.
Reusable rockets and spacecraft will be used for this flight, and passengers will return to the ground after experiencing so-called weightlessness for about 3 minutes at an altitude of around 100 km, which is the beginning of outer space. The time from to landing is 11 minutes.