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The moon is 10 miles away in the next room. that's why it takes eight minutes to get to orbit and three days to get to the moon. that's actual space travel for context. so i see it not as, oh, we're going into space. no, you're getting a nice view of the earth. i don't even know if you'll see the curvature. i did some calculations and i'm thinking they're not. if you're 2 millimeters above the surface of this globe, you're not getting the perspective of everybody else. but national boundaries disappear. it's an overview effect that you will get a little bit of even at 50 miles up. more power t...

And hopefully, experience what we now call the overview effect, which is getting that big perspective of what's really important in -- on the earth and in life. >> and, myles, in terms of t takeoff, virgin galactic operates like a normal plane. does this design make it safer for passenger and crew members compared to standard blast-off procedures that we are used to seeing with rockets. >> >> i wouldn't necessarily say it's safer, pamela. in fact, the virgin craft, unlike jeff bezos' blue origin, does not have a crew escape system. so, there are some limitations to the amount of safety that go...

That. that first trip is likely coming next year. meanwhile, bezos also has the same goal. for someone who has been into space, can you grab what the experience is like for the average rich person? do they need special training? is there anything they need to do in advance? do you think it is a good idea to send them into space in the first place? >> well, i think, you know, sending people to space is a wonderful thing because when i went to space i looked back at the planet and i got this total shift in the way that i look at humanity. it is called the overview effect or the orbital perspecti...

The New Shepard spacecraft carrying Jeff Bezos won't reach Earth's orbit, and there won't be anybody flying it.

Jeff Bezos will spend just 3 minutes in space, without a pilot. His launch will be unlike any prior US spaceflight. 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. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Blue Origin Bezos, his brother, and an auction winner will experience weightlessness for three minutes. This spaceflight will be unlike any prior US launch, with no pilot and possibly no spacesuits. Jeff Bezos is preparing to rocket into space on July 20, but he ...