Watch Blue Origin launch its fourth crewed mission to space
by Loren Grush from The Verge - All Posts on (#5XPRT)
This morning, space tourism venture Blue Origin will launch its fourth passenger flight to the edge of space and back - but this time, there won't be any big name celebrities on board. Six crew members - five paying customers and one company employee - will be flying this mission, as Blue Origin transitions into regular commercial flights.
Originally, SNL star and comedian Pete Davidson was supposed to be on this mission as a guest, back when the flight was supposed to take place on March 23rd. But Blue Origin wound up pushing the trip back a week, and Davidson was no longer able to participate with the new launch date. To fill his seat, Blue Origin swapped in Gary Lai, the chief architect of the New Shepard - the rocket the crew will...