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Moment that they're going to be able to think about their tasks that have been assigned to them. i think they're going to be so overwhelmed with just the idea oh, my goodness gracious, i'm in a very low orbit, sub-orbit, i'm flying weightless, looking at the earth. i think that's going to consume their attention. the pilot said this is a full sensory experience. it is dead silent, as your guests know better than i do, dead silence with the spectacular view of the earth. and then they will eventually, within an hour, be back down here on the ground. and i don't know if you can hear the music. i...

Man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: forget the last space race. neil armstrong and nasa won that hands down. this space race is going to be much closer, and one corner west texas actually amazon's jeff bezos, the founder of space tourism business blue origin and just up the road in netflix virgin galactic founder richard branson. both have launched successful test flights preparing for future paying passengers. >> and we have liftoff. >> reporter: bezos' blue origin will carry up to six passengers remote control, rocketing into sub orbit for three minutes of flying weightless. virgin...