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Jeff Bezos Plans to Charge at Least $200,000 for Space Rides

posted by chromas on Monday July 16 2018, @10:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the the-sky's-the-limit dept.

martyb writes:

Jeff Bezos Plans to Charge at Least $200,000 for Space Rides:

Potential customers and the aerospace industry have been eager to learn the cost of a ticket on Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle, to find out if it is affordable and whether the company can generate enough demand to make a profit on space tourism.

Executives at the company, started by Amazon.com Inc founder Bezos in 2000, told a business conference last month they planned test flights with passengers on the New Shepard soon, and to start selling tickets next year.

The company, based about 20 miles (32 km) south of Seattle, has made public the general design of the vehicle - comprising a launch rocket and detachable passenger capsule - but has been tight-lipped on production status and ticket prices.

Blue Origin representatives did not respond to requests for comment on its programs and pricing strategy. Bezos said in May ticket prices had not yet been decided.

One Blue Origin employee with first-hand knowledge of the pricing plan said the company will start selling tickets in the range of about $200,000 to $300,000. A second employee said tickets would cost a minimum of $200,000. They both spoke on condition of anonymity as the pricing strategy is confidential.

Note that Blue Origin is advertising suborbital flights which, basically, just go "up and down". Virgin Galactic's flights also are sub-orbital. SpaceX's flights, on the other hand, actually reach orbital which requires much greater velocity.

Previously: Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin Expects to Sell Tickets for Manned Suborbital Flights in 2019

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @12:38PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @12:38PM (#707873)

    Bros this is great news for us techbros cuz the median salary of techbros is $300,000 for dropping python scripts!

    Sign me up for a ticket dudes!

    (No Nerds)

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @02:47PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @02:47PM (#707900)

      It will be demand pricing and if you check the website without buying, the price will be higher the next time you look.

      My question then becomes, which day(s) of the week will be least/most in demand -- cheaper weekdays or weekends or ???

      Also, how much to add some carry on luggage?

      • (Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @03:24PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @03:24PM (#707912)

        How much for a one-way for some politicians?

        • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @05:46PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @05:46PM (#707969)

          Much less than they spend on getting elected (at least for national elections).

  • (Score: 2) by ilPapa on Monday July 16 2018, @03:57PM (1 child)

    by ilPapa (2366) on Monday July 16 2018, @03:57PM (#707921) Journal

    I charge only $10 for mustache rides.

    --
    You are still welcome on my lawn.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @03:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @03:59PM (#707925)

      No girl is going orbital or even suborbital from your mustachio ride.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @07:02PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @07:02PM (#708016)

    All these barely profitable almost trillion dollar companies apparently have a pressing need to dump money into random projects.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @07:23PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @07:23PM (#708031)

      Is this a company or Bezos's private, personal project. His degrees are in engineering and I read an interview where he said that this is his passion and what he always what he wanted to do with his life.

      It obvious that no government or existing aerospace conglomerate was ever going to do anything like this and it would take nerds making their own billions first if we ever wanted to see the space industry do anything. This goes for all companies that get addicted to government money methinks.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @09:28PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @09:28PM (#708100)

    Not one, but two of these idiot millennials think it's acceptable to leak confidential information if you say "but don't say I told you". Stupid millennials... no ethics, no morals, no clue.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @12:50AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @12:50AM (#708154)

      Or, you know, they could be from the PR department, leaking to get some advance publicity before the "big reveal" from the B-man.
      It's not like a rumor about the price is going to change anything of importance, this kind of tip or speculation just feeds the hungry news machine.

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