The more Austin Powers references in the world, the better. If that sounds like a juvenile way to spend the morning, first off, you’re wrong. A small replica of Jeff Bezos’ penis-shaped rocket can be yours for 69 AugYou may have a hard time convincing people it's a rocket you're holding, though. People were not celebrating a cowboy-hat wearing billionaire taking a joy ride 60 miles into the sky, but they did enjoy making Austin Powers jokes about the phallic shape of the rocket ship. It was also the “best day ever” on Twitter. “Best day ever,” Bezos said when he returned to the ground.

The entire flight lasted roughly 10 minutes.

The craft then descended under parachutes and landed again in the Texas desert. At an altitude of 250,000 feet, the capsule separated, taking Bezos and his crew to the edge of space. Yes, that means that you can now have a small (1/66 in size) version of the dick-shaped rocket that launched a thousand memes on your desk. After liftoff, the New Shepard rocket accelerated toward space at three times the speed of sound. ET Tuesday from a site in the west Texas desert southeast of El Paso. It was the “first unpiloted suborbital flight with an all-civilian crew,” NBC News reports:īezos launched at around 9:11 a.m. Of course, before he can fire the laser, Dr. The world’s richest man was joined by three other people, including his brother, Mark, and 82-year-old former-test pilot Wally Funk, who has a great name and an even better story. Also Read: 100,000-Plus People Want Jeff Bezos to Go to Space and Never Come Back. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos achieved his lifelong dream of crushing all unions, I mean, heading into space on Tuesday morning aboard the Blue Origin rocket.

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