Commercialization of space tourism

The founder of Amazon.com, billionaire Jeff Bezos, has revealed plans for a spacecraft to get more people into space: he has taken photos and videos of a test launch of the ship. November 13, 2006 in E1 Paso, Texas (USA) on the company's website.

Bezos has been studying the Blue Origin project since 2000, and since then he has completely kept all his activities in a remote area of ​​West Texas.

' We are studying, patiently and step by step, to lower the cost of flying into space so that many qualified people can participate in space tourism; And so we humans can continue to explore the solar system better , 'Bezos said of his space project on the site.

'To accomplish this, it will take a long time, and we are working on it carefully,' he said.

Blue Origin is a project about the new design of the spacecraft called New Shepard. This ship is capable of carrying 3 passengers and 1 crew member goes into space.

Blue Origin Project (Photo: Space)

Bezos said he was looking for 15 employees to help develop the ship, including an experienced aerospace engineer, an engineer specializing in propulsion . According to the plan, if the Flight Supervisor US federation (FAA) allows, commercial flights into space will be made in 2010.

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