Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has announced that its company’s commercial
flights to space will be possible next year.
The company’s started
developing space vehicles for commercial purpose with the launch of its
Blue Origin brand. Jeff Bezos has announced that the company plans to
start test flights with passengers on-board its New Shepard space
vehicle soon. View of the autonomous capsule from outside
Commercial flights to space will began in 2019 and according to
sources, tickets will cost between $200,000 and $300,000. The company’s
New Shepard vehicle is designed to autonomously fly six passengers more
than 62 miles (100 km) above Earth into suborbital space. The height is
enough to experience a few minutes of weightlessness and see the
curvature of the planet before the pressurized capsule returns to earth
under parachutes. The capsule consists of six observation windows where
passengers can catch a glimpse of the earth from space.
Inside view of the autonomous capsule.
Already, the Blue Origin New Shepard has completed eight test flights
from its launch pad in Texas. Two of these flights included a test
dummy called Mannequin Skywalker.
Also in the commercial race to space, is Tesla boss, Elon Musk, who
plans is to colonize the Mars. Elon plans to offer point-to-point travel
on Earth by blasting passengers into orbit and putting any city within
an hour’s flight of anywhere else.
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