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The simulator, an exact replica that will carry all four 62 miles high for three minutes of weightlessness and six massive windows. >> as youre ascending, you feel like the earth is falling away from you. >> reporter: paying passengers are already signing up. eventually blue origin plans to send six people at a time. but unlike a nasa rockets or virgin spaceplane, there are no nasa specialists or pilots onboard. its set for 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> our thanks to tom costello for that report. well h...

I mean, just think about it. theyre going to be going up at three times the speed of sound. and when youre in that simulator, you can really feel the moment when the booster separates from the capsule. and then theyve got to make that, that landing with the three parachutes. so it really is quite a ride, very different from what we saw virgin galactic and richard branson do with the plane nine days ago. the thing im thinking about here as i watch this, anderson, is you know, the united states ju...

For the capsule. if there was only one parachute that was released, the scissor mechanism would help absorb some of the shock and keep the crew passengers safe inside. >> once the capsule is out there, they have about three minutes of weightlessness, right? >> they do. rachel and i actually got a chance to go inside that capsule, experience the simulator and see what its like. and it is, it is much bigger than i expected. it is very sleek. and so wally funk said she is incredibly excited after a...

Inside the simulator that all four have been training in. >> there you go, you are all buckled in and ready to go to space. >> reporter: this is a big window. >> as youre ascending, essentially it feels like the earth is falling away from you. >> joining us from van horn, texas, nbc news correspondent morgan chesky. morgan, the countdown clock is on and the launch pad is ready, im told. whats the level of anticipation in texas right now? >> reporter: its a lot of excitement here, geoff. 18 hours...

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Coming along for the ride veteran pilot and one-time nasao female astronaut candidate wally funk.st at 82, her first ride into space will make her the oldest person to go there. also flying, an anonymous person who bid $28 million for the trip. blue origin uses a rocket.gi virgin galactic uses a space plane with wings that unfold for landing. both plan to soon carry paying passengers.to branson and team have been practicing in a simulator. >> hello down there. >> youre not nervous? >> im not ner...

>> reporter: jeff bezos blue origin has also been flying test flights. no pilots, all remote controlled from the ground. bezos is set to fly on tuesday, july 20th. coming along for the ride veteran pilot and one-time nasa female astronaut candidate wally funk. at 82, her first ride into space will make her the oldest person to go there. also flying, an anonymous person who bid $28 million for the trip. blue origin uses a rocket. virgin galactic uses a space plane with wings that unfold for landi...

Both plan to soon carry paying passengers with just days to go, branson and team have been practicing in a simulator. >> youre not nervous? >> im not because we have incredible engineers. the best of the bunch. all right, and so there is drama here. nasa and the military say that boundary between space and the atmosphere is 50 miles up, but the international organization that registers these things says 62 miles up. the bezos folks are saying the branson company may not really make the to space,...

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