{"id":287220,"date":"2021-06-30T02:30:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T23:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/musk-branson-and-bezos-in-race-to-conquer-space-travel\/"},"modified":"2021-06-30T02:30:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T23:30:48","slug":"musk-branson-and-bezos-in-race-to-conquer-space-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/musk-branson-and-bezos-in-race-to-conquer-space-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"#Musk, Branson and Bezos in race to conquer space travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a364da0cfbc3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a364da0cfbc3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/musk-branson-and-bezos-in-race-to-conquer-space-travel\/#BLUE_ORIGIN\" >BLUE ORIGIN<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/musk-branson-and-bezos-in-race-to-conquer-space-travel\/#VIRGIN_GALACTIC\" >VIRGIN GALACTIC<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/musk-branson-and-bezos-in-race-to-conquer-space-travel\/#SPACEX\" >SPACEX<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Musk, Branson and Bezos in race to conquer space <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a><\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After Jeff Bezos announced that he would fly into suborbit with his brother, the winner of an auctioned seat and another crew member on July 20, Richard Branson countered with a flight plan of his own for early July.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both billionaires are jumping into the space tourism market, having invested in the space industry for about two decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The auction winner on board Bezos\u2019 New Shepard rocket paid an astronomical $28 million, outbidding nearly 7,600 participants from 159 countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bezos\u2019 company Blue Origin is also developing a heavy rocket to deliver people and payloads to space, as well as a lunar lander, called Blue Moon, to colonize the moon and move heavy industry there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18674335 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/jeff-bezos-richard-branson.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/jeff-bezos-richard-branson.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/jeff-bezos-richard-branson.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/jeff-bezos-richard-branson.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/jeff-bezos-richard-branson.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><strong>OUT OF THIS WORLD:<\/strong>\u2009Jeff Bezos (left) plans to launch himself into Earth\u2019s suborbit July 20, but rival Richard Branson aims to beat him there, saying his Virgin Galactic craft will hit the friendly skies in early July.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Blue Origin\/MEGA; REUTERS <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Branson, meanwhile, is going all in on space tourism. Based in New Mexico, his company Virgin Galactic has been in talks to open additional spaceports in Abu Dhabi, Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia and Sweden. Virgin Galactic plans on charging about $400,000 per ride. It\u2019s already sold about 600 seats at a discounted price of about $225,000 each.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s Elon Musk. His SpaceX has sent two manned flights to the International Space Station. Not only is he flirting with space tourism on a larger scale, he also would like to colonize Mars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Blue Origin and Virgin Atlantic\" class=\"wp-image-18674459 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/numbers.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/numbers.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/numbers.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/numbers.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/numbers.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Billionaires like Musk, Bezos and Branson are driving space tourism and the public\u2019s understanding of space travel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Still, experts are undecided as to whether this space race is merely an ego-fueled fad by the ultra-wealthy, or will have long-term liftoff.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"BLUE_ORIGIN\"><\/span>BLUE ORIGIN<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Blue Origin\" class=\"wp-image-18674376 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/blue-origin-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/blue-origin-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/blue-origin-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/blue-origin-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/blue-origin-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mike Guillen\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Named after the first American in space, New Shepard is a reusable suborbital rocket. It\u2019s designed to take passengers on an 11-minute journey 62 miles up, the internationally recognized boundary of space. Bezos plans to take his brother, Mark, along with the winner of an auction, for its first human flight on July 20.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"VIRGIN_GALACTIC\"><\/span>VIRGIN GALACTIC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18675786 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/galactic2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/galactic2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/galactic2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/galactic2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/galactic2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mike Guillen\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since forming in 2004, Virgin Galactic has been developing commercial spacecraft to provide suborbital spaceflights to tourists. After setbacks, which included a crash in 2014, its SpaceShipTwo climbed 51 miles in 2018. In 2019, it entered the thermosphere, traveling nearly 56 miles up. Branson says he wants to make the trip personally in early July.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SPACEX\"><\/span>SPACEX<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Space X\" class=\"wp-image-18674379 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/elon-musk-dragon.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/elon-musk-dragon.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/elon-musk-dragon.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/elon-musk-dragon.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/elon-musk-dragon.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Elon Musk and the Dragon space craft.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA-EFE\/Shutterstock; SpaceX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So far, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has been watching from the sidelines with no current plans to launch civilians into space. He has, however, been busy with his Dragon rocket (with its payload capsule at right). Because of SpaceX\u2019s partnership with NASA, it\u2019s already flown three missions to the International Space Station, delivering supplies and astronauts. Musk\u2019s plans for space tourism could begin later this year and include orbiting the Earth for five days, much longer than his minutemen rivals.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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