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The capsule is desending. the chutes will deploy like guide parachutes. they will be followed by the main parachutes that will fully inflate. there go the parachutes. here come the mains. whew! what a flight. >> [laughing]. >> you can hear the cheers here in west texas.
>> it was just the end of july when the inaugural blue origin human flight was conducted carrying the company's founder amazon mooingal and his brother bezos. he took them out to the launchpad.ggal and his brother bezos. he took them out to the launchpad. there are jokes he may take a second ride. we are in west texas. >> bill: we want to bring in first female commander of a space capsule. we heard from the mayor of van
3 billionaires are competing and it's getting really exciting. even the rocket itself is similar to dr. evil. just putting it out there. >> dana: you appreciate good marketing. what about getting william shatner to go on this flight? >> who other than james earl jones on the voice over telling you to put your seat belts on. nothing is better than william shatner. captain kirk. i hope he gets up there and gives us a star date captain's log. >> dana: i think he will. >> i am excited. >> bill: your second answer is interesting about education in america. >> yes.
>> dana: what is the process to get the flight to be able to last longer than 11 minutes? >> well, that's a good question. if you want to go longer, [muffled audio]. [inaudible]. that's what shepherd did in 1961. to go into orbit you need a lot more power and thrust and a bigger booster. the other thing you need in orbit is a heat shield. to come back from orbit you are going 25 times the speed of sound. 18,500 miles per hour. to enter the atmosphere you hit molecules that generate friction. you can heat up to 3,000 degrees on the outside. that's coming back from orbit. that's a minimum 90 min...
Space. >> i am delighted to hear you don't have to be very fit. [laughing]. he is 90 years young. it's like an end of where the space flight is to go. he is the guest on this flight. the other 2 reasons are paying customers but even they are paying less. it's a sign of the demand out there. the and the supply of people who want to participate and the costs are going down. >> bill: see how neil cavuto does that. supply and demand. we will talk about transitory deficit with you. mike, you were with us back in