Tuesday marked a new frontier in aerospace thanks to billionaire Jeff Bezos.Wally Funk, an 82-year-old Oklahoma State alumna, was on board the Blue Origin rocket when it reached space. She s now the oldest person ever to go into space. Two people close to Funk told KOCO 5 they are over the moon for her as the space cowgirl broke the space-age record. Funk s closest friends also said the historic day has been six decades in the making. Wally is something else, NASA test astronaut Charlie Dry said.With arms spread wide, the 82-year-old stepped off the new Shepard rocket in Van Horn, Texas, after making history. Wally broke the record, and that will make her so happy, Dry said. When she hit that door – here I am, world. I did what I said I was going to do. I went to space – and that s what she said when she did this. When she opened her arms like that, that s basically what she was saying, I did it. Dry recognized Funk s signature stance. She s probably the most remarkab
Die zwei Milliardäre Richard Branson und Jeff Bezos konkurrenzieren sich.
Richard Branson plant, am 11. Juli ins All zu fliegen, Jeff Bezos folgt ihm neun Tage später.
Virgin Galactic und Blue Origin wollen beide Weltraumtouristen ins All befördern und liefern sich einen harten Konkurrenzkampf.
Der britische Milliardär Richard Branson will am 11. Juli mit einem Raumschiff seines Unternehmens Virgin Galactic ins All fliegen – und damit seinem US-Konkurrenten Jeff Bezos um neun Tage zuvorkommen. Wie Virgin Galactic am Donnerstag mitteilte, öffnet sich am 11. Juli das Zeitfenster für den nächsten Testflug des Raumschiffs SpaceShipTwo Unity. Es kann demnach aber nur starten, wenn das Wetter gut ist und es keine technischen Probleme gibt.
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