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Who went further into space Bezos or Branson?
Richard Branson
That will give Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin — which he founded in 2000 — bragging rights over Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson, whose flight this month aboard SpaceShipTwo hit a peak altitude of around 282,000 feet, surpassing NASA’s designated Earth-space boundary of 50 miles, but falling well short of the Kármán line.
Is Jeff Bezos interested in space?
While it’s an unusual — and potentially risky — experiment, it’s not a very surprising one: Bezos has been obsessed with space since childhood. “You’ve been passionate about space your whole life, but this is not just a plaything for you,” Mark Bezos said during an interview with his brother in 2017.
Did Richard Branson make it to space?
Did [Branson] actually make it to space? He did. So according to the U.S. definition — and Virgin Galactic is a U.S. company — space is defined as about 50 miles, or approximately 80 kilometres, and that is where they were yesterday. They reached something like 83 kilometres.
Has Richard Branson gone to space?
Sir Richard Branson, after nearly 17 years of development and over a billion of dollars invested in Virgin Galactic, achieved his dream and reached space. Speaking from the spacecraft’s cabin, Branson called the spaceflight the “complete experience of a lifetime.”
How far did Jeff go in space?
How long did Jezz Bezos’ flight into space take him? The rocket lifted off at 2.15pm UK time, taking off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas. The spacecraft travelled to an altitude of over 107km, going above the Karman line and briefly into space just a couple of minutes later.
Where did Branson go in space?
Along with two pilots and three other passengers, Branson lifted off aboard his VSS Unity spacecraft shortly before 9:00 a.m. MT, soared 86 km (53.5 miles) up, arced into space for four minutes of weightlessness and then glided gently back to Earth, landing on a runway in the New Mexico Desert. Fine. Noted.
How far into space will Jeff Bezos go?
Earth’s atmosphere is generally not considered survivable for significant amounts of time above altitudes of 50,000 feet without a spacesuit, and Bezos will be traveling up to 350,000 feet.