Retired astronaut on Bezos' Blue Origin launch: The door of private tourism space flight open
Bezos' launch is the beginning of regular Americans going to space within the next 10 to 20 years
Retired astronaut says door of private tourism and space flight open
Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield on Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos launching into space on the New Shepard.
Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield joined FOX Business' "Morning with Maria" to discuss Jeff Bezos and the Blue Origin crew making history on the New Shepard during its first human flight. He argued that this is the beginning of regular Americans going into space within the next 10 to 20 years.
BLUE ORIGIN REVEALS JEFF BEZOS FLIGHT
CHRIS HADFIELD: This is an amazing summer.
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I mean, just a week ago, Richard Branson flew on his version of a spaceship, Jeff Bezos and others are going to fly this morning on their version of a spaceship. And there are four flying on a SpaceX spaceship into orbit in September.
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All that's happening within about two months this summer. So it is the door of private tourism kind of space flight happening for the first time in history. Amazing to be able to watch it.
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Retired astronaut on Bezos' historic Blue Origin space flight
Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield on Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin crew making history with commercial space flight on New Shepard rocket ship.