The American comedian Pete Davidson, sentimental partner of Kim Kardashian, will embark on March 23 on a short space trip with the Blue Origin company, owned by magnate Jeff Bezos.
According to a statement from Blue Origin, Davidson, who will be the only crew member who will not pay for his ticket, It will be part of the company’s fourth space mission involving humans.
Next to him, the businessmen will travel Marty Allen, Marc and Sharon Hagle, Professor Jim Kitchen and the president of the company Commercial Space Technologies, George Nield.
On July 21, Bezos himself took part in his company’s first flight into space, which lasted about eleven minutes.
Among the celebrities who have traveled with Blue Origin on its three previous flights are the Star Trek actor William Shatner and Good Morning America host Michael Strahan.
The space rocket, which has been baptized New Shepard, in honor of Alan Shepard, the first American in space, will depart from the company’s shuttle in Texas at 8:30 am local time (1:30 pm GMT).
Before the trip, the crew will train for several days at Blue Origin’s facilities before boarding the rocket that will exceed the speed of sound on its brief space trip.
In addition to Bezos, billionaires Richard Branson, owner of Virgin Galactic, and Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, have also jumped into the race to attract billionaire and celebrity tourists for their space trips. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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