Actor Tom Hanks turned down billionaire Jeff Bezos' offer to go to space
The actor thinks that spending $ 28 million to fly into space is not necessary.
The actor thinks that spending $ 28 million to fly into space is not necessary.
On November 4, according to CNN, Tom Hanks said he was "offered" by billionaire Jeff Bezos to buy a ticket to space on a rocket of the company Blue Origin, but the actor refused.
"The ticket to space is about $28 million. Life is good, so I don't want to spend a lot of money on this. We can completely simulate the experience of going to space , " the actor said on the Jimmy show. Kimmel Live!.
Tom Hanks at the Jimmy Kimmel Live show. (Photo: ABC).
The Terminal actor also simulated the feeling of shaking when sitting in a rocket and repeated the sentence: "I don't need to spend $ 28 million to do this".
According to CNN, the company Blue Origin previously announced selling more than $ 100 million in tickets but did not disclose specific prices for each passenger. The fact that Tom Hanks said the $ 28 million figure is the first time the price of a space travel ticket has been revealed.
On October 13, the company Blue Origin launched the New Shepard rocket into space for the fifth time. The flight was accompanied by actor William Shatner, 90 years old. After entering space, he set the record as the oldest person to fly into space.
According to CNN, William Shatner's flight was of interest to fans and Jeff Bezos himself. The 90-year-old actor played Captain William Shatner in the cult space travel series Star Trek.
Recently, Tom Hanks has been busy promoting a new movie in the sci-fi genre. In Finch, the American actor plays Finch Weinberg - the last survivor on Earth after the apocalypse. He built a robot as a companion to travel around the country.
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