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Down-to-earth. two of the 4 paid. william shatner and another one are going free. >> dana: william shatner is 90 years old. remarkable. casey siegel is in west texas at the launch seat. >> good morning. the puns are endless with william shatner going into the space. we are about 30 minutes behind schedule. liftoff was scheduled for the top of the hour. now t-minus 29 minutes and counting. 3 times faster than the speed of sound or mock-3. thats how fast the new shepherd rocket engine will take of...

Zero gravity for about 3 or 4 minutes before they come back down. the entire mission from liftoff to touchdown lasts a whopping 11 minutes. for those on board its only 8 minutes for the reusable rocket engine which separates from the crew capsule and flies back to the launch site on its own arriving 3 minutes before the passengers are schedule to touch down. no doubt this has got the small town of 2000 people of van horn, texas, its got them talking. listen. >> he and mr. spock were the ones tha...

Extraordinary. >> you want to talk extraordinary, the new shepard rocket engine is reusable and it automatically returns and lands on its own. its the same engine used in julys inaugural blue origin flight carrying human beings. the company founder jeff bezos and his brother, two of the four on todays flight were actual cash paying customers. the rumored price tag of one to get on board the flight, about $250,000. >> sandra: william shatner, ill have what hes having. hard to believe hes 90 years...

Nations across the globe are becoming more and more involved in the booming space industry. From the UK and Norway to Japan and South Korea, technological innovations related to space are being developed fast. One of the latest is Brazil’s new solid-propellant rocket motor, which will power the future VLM-1 rocket.

Powered?— is travelling for, how is it owered? . ., ., , ., powered? we have iron engines. you are throwing — powered? we have iron engines. you are throwing particles _ powered? we have iron engines. you are throwing particles at _ powered? we have iron engines. you are throwing particles at one - powered? we have iron engines. you are throwing particles at one side i are throwing particles at one side and it accelerates you in the other direction —— we have ion engines. it is firing pa...

Contingent upon cost. this is, of course, right now, not accessible to most people. what would it take to make it so? >> i think what its going to take is a breakthrough propulsion system. rocket engines with a lot of moving parts, in the case of cryogenic rocket engines, spinning turbo pumps. all that has to work well perfectly every time and thats why its so expensive. so its going to take a breakthrough propulsion system where we can reliably and inexpensively put the energy into a vehicle to...

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And they are working on a rocket engine that will work with the pentagon. and also working on the new glenn, it would carry people and pay loads routinely to orbit. a successful trip today could also provide traction in emerging space tourism market. blue origin is trying to land large government contracts that provide a steady revenue stream. blue origin is outpacing in pentagon contracts by around 5:1. and elon musk tweeted best of luck, quote, to the team.ire bu competitors but also friendly....

Space tourism industry. branson is the first billionaire to travel to space aboard his own company spacecraft. cnns kristen fisher was at space port america in new mexico and has more on the launch. >> reporter: this is a big deal, because it was the first time in human history that someone has funded and built a spacecraft and then flown that spacecraft into space. so richard branson celebrating a successful test flight of virgin galactics spaceship two unity. it all started right here at space...