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Briefing
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- Private Space Flights by 2019 – Private space company Blue Origin plans to sell suborbital space flight tickets to space tourists in 2019, as announced by vice president Rob Meyerson at 2018 Amazon Web Services Public Sector Summit in Washington, DC
- Ticket Price Undisclosed – No details yet on how much space flight ticket will cost, but Reddit estimates peg it at $50,000 to $250,000 per seat
- Space Shepard – Space capsule and rocket that can accommodate six astronauts has space of 530 square feet, ten times size of NASA’s Mercury capsule
- Floating Experience – Upon reaching Karman line, boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space, travelers will be able to remove their seat belts and experience weightlessness
- Parachute Landing – Journey will end with parachute landing of capsule in Texas desert
- More Testing – Will test launch system with human passengers late 2018
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Sector
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Accommodation and Travel
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Organization
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Blue Origin
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Source
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Foust, J., "Blue Origin plans to start selling suborbital spaceflight tickets next year",
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Dvorsky, G., "Blue Origin says it will start selling tickets for spaceflights in 2019",
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Wehner, M., "Blue Origin, which has yet to send a human into space, will start selling tickets for spaceflight next year",
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AcceleratingBiz analysis
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Original Publication Date
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June 22, 2018
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