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Galactic put out. we saw the vehicle fly up. we saw it released. we saw what it was like inside the cabin. blue origin had a lift of being secretive. they would announce their test flights after they had done them in the early days. that's changed over the years as they sought a commercial market. we still kind of only seen very short web casts of the test flights after they had done them in the early days. it has changed. but we have still only seen a short web cast of the countdown to launch and the landing. they did a rehearsal just yesterday and we saw more of what it might be look in the ...

Like between chocolate and cheese. we don't see ourselves as a direct competitor. >> reporter: while bezos' flight is after branson his rocket system will go even higher, the altitude internationally recognized to be the demarcation in space. his company taking a shot at branson's trip tweeting their rocket was designed to fly above the carmen line so none of our astronauts has an asterisk next to their name. >> if you fly 50 miles or 62 miles you're in space. you won't notice the difference between those 12 miles. neither of these vehicles go into orbit. they touch space and then come back do...

>> reporter: jeff bezos blue origin has also been flying test flights. no pilots, all remote controlled from the ground. bezos is set to fly on tuesday, july 20th. coming along for the ride veteran pilot and one-time nasa female astronaut candidate wally funk. at 82, her first ride into space will make her the oldest person to go there. also flying, an anonymous person who bid $28 million for the trip. blue origin uses a rocket. virgin galactic uses a space plane with wings that unfold for landing. both plan to soon carry paying passengers. branson and team have been practicing in a simulator....

Unity will rocket to the edge of space. also on board three virgin galactic employees. >> it's actually happening. >> the entire flight expected to last two hours, max, all of it live streamed. meanwhile in west texas, jeff bezos blue origin has been flying test flights. no pilots, all remote control from the ground. bezos is set to fly on tuesday july 30th. coming along, wally fonk. at 82 her first ride into space will make her the first at that age to do so.

Carrying experiments for nasa. they carrying experiments for nasa. they carry them on most of the recent test flights. in addition to that, you have the new commercial space loans companies launching satellites and technology into space such as virgin orbit and spacex and they are able to launch satellites more conveniently and cheaply than ever before which is causing an industrial revolution in space and this week alone, virgin 0rbit has launched its second big commercial flight with lots of satellites and spacex have lost a lot of british businesses, many being invested in with 150 million ...