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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin plans to start taking tourists into space in 2018

Written by Teunis Felter

Blue Origin, the private space travel company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, is planning to take its first paying passengers into space as soon as 2018. Bezos told journalists visiting Blue Origin’s Washington state headquarters that groups of up to six tourists at a time might be able to make short trips that would allow them to experience weightlessness in two years time, depending on how rocket tests go in the interim.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/9/11184466/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-tourists-space-2018

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Teunis Felter

Teunis Felter has over 20 years experience as an author, editor, and scientist. When not exploring outside, he enjoys reading history, researching genealogy, and civilly discussing politics.