The mystery bidder who put up a whopping $37.7 million for an 11-minute joy ride to the edge of space alongside Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will not make the trip, Mr Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin announced on Thursday. Blue Origin said in a press release that the person, who asked to remain anonymous for the time being, had to bow out because of "scheduling conflicts." The winner will instead take a spot on a future mission. Flying in their place â alongside Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, and Wally Funk, an 82-year-old pilot and one of the "Mercury 13" women â will be an 18-year old recent high school graduate named Oliver Daemen.