Someone paid $28 million to not go to space with Jeff Bezos next week. His name is Oliver Daemen, and the flight would make him the youngest person ever to go to space. Mr. Bezos, who just stepped down as chief executive of Amazon, announced last month that he would be one of the passengers when his rocket company, Blue Origin, conducts its first human spaceflight. It is to follow Richard Branson’s flight to the edge of space this past Sunday in a rocket plane built for the company he founded, Virgin Galactic. The winning bid was $28 million, and Blue Origin said it would reveal the bidder at a later date.

Source: New York Times July 15, 2021 19:44 UTC