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| Former US pilot Willie Funk, 82, with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos |
As per the company's statement, the owner of the company, Jeff Bezos, has invited Willie Funk to join the first human flight to be launched.
Passengers on board the rocket will be called New Shepherds who will practice zero gravity and return to West Texas at the commence site of the rocket.
In the 1960s, Willie Funk, together with 12 other American women, participated in an astronaut preparation program funded by a private company not accepted by the well-known space company NASA, aimed at testing women's ability to travel in space. since at that time there was no rule for women to go in space, which was altered in 1983 to permit both men and women to go in space.
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| Old photo of young Willie Funk |
Last month, richest man of the world, Jeff Bezos, announced on Instagram that he would go on a space tour with his brother.
Planned for space tourism by Blue Origin, an aerospace company owned by Jeff Bezos, the capsule has a seating capability of six people. The set has reached more than 2.8 million dollars at the auction, with a final announcement to be made on July 12.
This will be the first person flight into space by the Blue Origin Company, while only expert astronauts have been able to arrive at orbit before.
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