Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos In Space || Second!
After Richard Branson, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos also flies into space. A milestone in space travel? Or just a gigantic ego trip? The most important questions to start with... Jeff Bezos really wanted to be the first. He announced his plans eight weeks ago: On July 20, the 52nd anniversary of the moon landing, he would fly into space at the tip of a rocket. Today, Tuesday around 2:30 p.m, the time has come: The Amazon founder and three companions actually take off from a launch pad in West Texas, provided the weather is good. On-site spectators are not allowed, but Bezos' company Blue Origin will broadcast the spectacle via livestream . With this, the currently richest person leaves the earth for a short time. So Bezos is sure to make an entry in the history books. Even if not the one the American had actually strived for: he actually wanted to be the first passenger on a privately organized flight into space. But with that, the British billionaire Richard Branson got ahead of him ...