Jeff Bezos Blue origin rocket and auction

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An Anonymous bidder pays 19.8 million pounds to ride blue origin rocket into space with Jeff Bezos (owner of Amazon) and his brother Mark Bezos on his blue origin rocket. The bidder’s identity will be revealed ahead of the launch off. It will be the first time Bezos’s New Shepard capsule will have humans inside of it. The blue origin rocket will be successfully be launched after 11 tests to check it’s safety. More than 7,000 people applied for this auction from a total of 159 countries. The last 20 bidders went through to the final round on Saturday. This came after Jeff Bezos announced that he and his brother would be taking part on an eleven minute flight on the shuttle. By SN

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