Jeff Bezos is risking his life to reach space. The rocket has flown 15 times, but he ll have no pilot and possibly no spacesuit. mmcfalljohnsen@insider.com (Morgan McFall-Johnsen) © Provided by Business Insider Jeff Bezos (left) is set to launch aboard the New Shepard rocket (right) on July 20. Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters; Blue Origin
About 1% of US human spaceflights have resulted in a fatal accident.
But the New Shepard rocket seems relatively safe, given its flight record and how short the trip is.
Jeff Bezos is about to place his life in the hands of Blue Origin s rocket engineers.
Bezos, who founded the company in 2000, will be the first passenger on its New Shepard rocket, along with his brother Mark Bezos, 82-year-old aviator Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Dutch student Oliver Daemen. The group is set to strap into a capsule on the top of the five-story rocket on Tuesday. From that moment to touchdown, all their fates will rely on the rocket and its space
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