Second Billionaire Flies Into Space

 Amazon guy Jeff Bezos is amazing! Invested his millions into building Blue Origin, and flew into space (or the edge of it, definitions vary-take your pick) on July 20, 2021. Some pics taken from the live coverage by CNN. 

Taking off around 8 am Texas time. 20 July 2021.

Up and about, around 3 minutes flight.

After 3 more minutes in weightless glory up there,  gliding back on a parachute, after a drop of some height.

Parachutes open, to make the drop slower and palatable.

Landing- while raising some dust.

Looks like the captain of Starship Enterprise?

Lasted less than 15 minutes. Open for tourists soon. Interested?

Virgin Takes Off Into Space

 I mean, the company Virgin Galactic, and its enthusiastic founder Richard Branson, of course. His enthusiasm and sense of drama are unmatched by any CEO or founder in my memory. They called it Elan at one time, I think.

Anyway, he made it to a sub-orbital level in a test flight, meant to be a curtain-raiser to many commercial flights, with a few hundred passengers already signed up for a dekko at earth from up there.

Some snapshots from the live streaming and the CNN coverage.