{"id":306992,"date":"2021-07-23T23:04:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T20:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/teen-on-space-flight-told-bezos-he-had-never-ordered-from-amazon\/"},"modified":"2021-07-23T23:04:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T20:04:30","slug":"teen-on-space-flight-told-bezos-he-had-never-ordered-from-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/teen-on-space-flight-told-bezos-he-had-never-ordered-from-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"#Teen on space flight told Bezos he had never ordered from Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 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-6a2f07df096a6\" 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-6a2f07df096a6\" 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\/teen-on-space-flight-told-bezos-he-had-never-ordered-from-amazon\/#PING-PONG_IN_SPACE\" >PING-PONG IN SPACE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Teen on space flight told Bezos he had never ordered from Amazon<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Dutch teenager who became the world\u2019s youngest space <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>er this week surprised billionaire Jeff Bezos on the flight by telling him he\u2019d never ordered anything on Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old physics student, accompanied Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos and 82-year-old female aviator Wally Funk \u2013 the oldest person to go to space \u2013 on a 10-minute trip beyond Earth\u2019s atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Bezos funded exploration company Blue Origin by selling billions of dollars\u2019 worth of stock in his online delivery business Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told Jeff, like, I\u2019ve actually never bought something from Amazon,\u201d Daemen told Reuters in an interview on Friday at Amsterdam\u2019s Schiphol Airport. \u201cAnd he was like, \u2018Oh, wow, it\u2019s a long time ago I heard someone say that\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daemen, who was picked after another candidate bidding $28 million for the ride canceled at the last minute, found out he would be joining the flight while on a family holiday in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey called and said: Are you still interested?\u2019 and we were like \u2018Yes! Yes! Yes!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Blue Origin rocket launching into space\" class=\"wp-image-18905324 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/space-teen-shunned-amazon4-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/space-teen-shunned-amazon4-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/space-teen-shunned-amazon4-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/space-teen-shunned-amazon4-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/space-teen-shunned-amazon4-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Daemen said his travel to space aboard the Blue Origin was a dream come true.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Daemen had dreamed of space travel since he was a kid, followed every development by space exploration companies like Blue Origin and got his pilot\u2019s license at a young age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t pay even close to $28 million, but they chose me because I was the youngest and I was also a pilot and I also knew quite a lot about it already.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PING-PONG_IN_SPACE\"><\/span>PING-PONG IN SPACE<br \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Reality still hasn\u2019t sunk in three days after the journey.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Oliver Daemen, Mark Bezos and Jeff Bezos sitting in the Blue Origin spaceport \" class=\"wp-image-18905256 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/space-teen-shunned-amazon2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/space-teen-shunned-amazon2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/space-teen-shunned-amazon2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/space-teen-shunned-amazon2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/space-teen-shunned-amazon2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Daemen (left) said Jeff Bezos (right) told him it had been a long time since someone had said they\u2019d never purchased from his ubiquitous e-commerce giant Amazon.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I realized it until I was in the rocket: \u2018Wow, it\u2019s really h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening\u2019,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was my ultimate, ultimate goal \u2026 but I never thought it was going to be this soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The crew received two days of safety training, but nothing very hard, said Daemen, who can be seen in a video of the trip tossing ping-pong balls in weightlessness with Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was super cool. It\u2019s so weird to be weightless. It was easier than I had expected. It was kind of like being in water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daemen, who is set to start at Utrecht University in September, said he was not sure what he wanted to do later in life, but would seriously consider a career in space travel.<\/p>\n<p>Asked what it was like traveling in a rocket ship with a billionaire, he answered with a wide smile: \u201cThey were super fun and all down to earth, as funny as that may sound.\u201d\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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