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Re:Blue Origin first human flight by Clewza313 on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @11:32AM (#27894990)
And even then we still don't have "paying passengers" in the sense of being able to rock up and buy ticket. One seat being raffles at a charity auction doesn't quite count.

I also suspect the pool of people willing to pony up $250k+ for a few minutes barely in space is going to be pretty shallow. I'd sign up in a heartbeat for a space hotel trip in that price range though, so here's hoping Axiom Space delivers (and gets the price range below the current projection of tens of millions).

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Re:Blue Origin first human flight by postingawayonhn on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @11:51AM (#27895254)
> One seat being raffles at a charity auction doesn't quite count.

The person who won that seat didn't actually end up going on the first flight (will go on a later one). Some 18 year old with a dad who runs a hedge fund went. How much he paid was not disclosed.

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