Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin has sold nearly $100 million worth of tickets for future passenger flights, the billionaire founder said Tuesday.
“The demand is very, very high,” Bezos said.
Blue Origin has not disclosed how much it prices seats on its New Shepard rocket.
Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, has sold nearly $100 million worth of tickets for future passenger flights to the edge of space, the billionaire founder announced on Tuesday.
“The demand is very, very high,” Bezos said at Blue Origin’s presentation after its first crewed flight.
The company has not disclosed prices for seats on its New Shepard rocket. The only indication of Blue Origin’s pricing structure is a public auction the company held for a seat on its first flight with Bezos, which went for $28 million. That’s multiple times the $200,000-to-$500,000 range that Blue Origin’s suborbital space tourism competitor Virgin Galactic has charged for seats on its future flights.
Bezos said Blue Origin is “going to fly human missions twice more this year” but said he’s “not sure yet” how many crewed New Shepard launches the company will attempt in 2022.
