But the Virgin Galactic had flown humans to space three times before Branson got on board. And Bezos is still a “space virgin” with no crewed missions so far. SpaceX Elon Musk is years ahead of them both in space accomplishments. His company has flown astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
To be fair, the space mission that Bezos is flying on the New Shepard rocket has been successfully flown unmanned over a dozen times.
The Bezos’ space flight is most certainly going to set records with his flight. Traveling with the Bezos brothers is legendary aviator Wally Funk, aged 82. He will be the oldest person to make it from Earth into space. And the mystery passenger’s replacement on board the New Shepard is 18-year-old Oliver Daemen, the youngest person to fly in space.
Daemen holds a private pilot license and plans on studying physics in college. His Dad Joes Daemen, CEO of Somerset Capital Partners paid an undisclosed amount of money to get a seat on the second crewed flight.
