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♪♪♪♪♪>> CASE. ♪♪♪♪>> FOR THE 3 ENGINE. WE’RE JUST ABOUT TO PASS THROUGH MASK. YOU MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE WHEN THE STRESS ON PEOPLE ARE THEIR MAXIMUM. THE MAXX YOU IS CONFIRMED. BEAUTIFUL BURN ON THAT BET. 3 ENGINE. POINT LIQUID OXYGEN AS THE PROPELLANT. IT’S A NICE NOT JUST CLEAN IN TERMS OF BEAUTIFUL PERFORMING. BUT. >> WHAT COMES OUT OF IT. IT’S TEAM RIGHT. SEASON, THE SEA. BLOW OF THIS OF THE ENGINE UNDERNEATH THE ROCKET JUST UNDER OUR SHOULDERS AND SAID NO, THAT WE’VE GOT A CREW THAT IS GOING TO SPACE. JUST FEELS DIFFERENT DOESN’T CARRY IS WATCHING HISTORY. >> THE FIRST RIGHT ARE US OR LITTLE IN THE BOTTLE AN ALL CIVILIAN CREW IN THE MIDDLE. 2 MINUTES IN THE TOM, AT WHAT POINT DO WE SEE THAT CAPSULE START START START TO FROM THE ROCKET BOOSTER. >> I THINK WE’RE IN BATTLE OF CURRENT THINKING ABOUT THE 6 MINUTE MARK. BUT CRAIG, BUT I DON’T HAVE THE EXACT TIMELINE. I THINK WE SHOULD JUST MAKE THE POINT TO THE VIEWER WHO IS WATCHING AND THAT THE FEMALE VOICE YOU HEAR IS THE VOICE OF A BLUE ORIGIN IS MISSION CONTROL. THIS IS NOT MASK. SO THIS IS NOT A GOVERNMENT THAT IS PROVIDING US THAT KIND OF DATA STRAIGHT FROM NASA. AND THIS IS, OF COURSE, A PRIVATE COMPANY PROVIDING US THERE. AND SO WE’RE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT. BUT YOU’RE GOING GET SPECTACULAR VIEWS HERE AND YOU’RE GOING TO GET THE ENGINEERING EXPERTISE OF COURSE AS FROM THE BLUE ORIGIN ZONE, MISSION CONTROL. ♪>> AWAITING SEPARATION HERE. >> WELL, AND GOOD AND IS ALSO WITH ME, COURSE, RON, FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT OF 16 FIGHTER PILOT RON. WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS INSIDE THAT CAT. AND ONE OF THOSE ASTRONAUTS FEELING. >> WHAT ARE THEY SAYING HERE. WE ARE. YOU CAN START HAD CUT SO YOU FEEL LIKE THEY’RE BEING PUSHED BACK IN THE CHAIR WITH AN ELEPHANT SITTING JUST TO BE WEIGHTLESS. AND SO I THINK THEY’RE PROBABLY GETTING READY TO AN STRAP. >> THE WHOLE WAY UP. THEY SAW THAT VIEW OUT THE AND THEY’RE PROBABLY MARVELING RIGHT NOW. AND. >> THE INDESCRIBABLE BEAUTY OF OUR PLANET AND THE THINNESS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE COURAGE OR THE YEARS I HOPE TO HAVE WONDERFUL TIME. >> RUN THERE OR SO FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE WHO HAVE SEEN THAT THAT YOU THAT AND OTHER ASTRONAUTS AND CAN. CAN YOU DESCRIBE IT YEAH, I THINK WHAT I EXPERIENCE IS FACE THE FIRST TIME I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW WAS INDESCRIBABLE FEELING OF GRATITUDE GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE PLANET FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT AND GRATITUDE FOR THE PLANET THAT WE’VE BEEN GIVEN. AND I THINK IN A WAY THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO FULLY EXPLAIN WHY PHYSICALLY DETACHED FROM THE AMY FEEL DEEPLY INTERCONNECTED INTERDEPENDENT WITH EVERYONE ON IT. I THINK I SAW THE TRUE UNITY. >> OF OUR PLANET UNITY OF OUR SPECIES AND ALL THOSE THINGS WE FIGHT OVER IN CORAL OVER POLICIES. WE THINK ARE SO IMPORTANT. KIND OF BLURRED INTO INSIGNIFICANCE IN THE FACE OF THAT INDESCRIBABLE BEAUTY. 8. >> I THINK SPIRIT ANY MOMENT NOW, WE’RE TOLD THAT CAPSULE IS IS GOING TO FROM THE >> AND MISTER COSTELLO. AT WHAT POINT THE CIVILIAN ASTRONAUTS BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE THAT WEAKNESS. NUS. >> YEAH. DON’T DON’T GET A PRETTY AND I’M TRYING TO LISTEN TO MISSION CONTROL AS WELL BECAUSE SHE’S OUR BEST A SOURCE ON EXACTLY WHAT’S HAPPENING UP THERE. AS WE MENTIONED WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE OF THE MORE DETAILS FROM BLUE ORIGIN. SOME OF THAT THEY HOLD CLOSE TO THE VEST. SO THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF WHAT’S HAPPENING BIG ONE-MINUTE WARNING ONE-MINUTE WARNING. >> I LET’S TRY ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪>> RIGHT. SO WE’RE HERE IN LOADING INSIDE THE CAPSULE AND TAKING THE IS. ♪>> WE CAN DO IS DESCRIBED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU ARE SEEING THAT THAT HAS. AS YOU CAN SEE THEY’RE DETACHED FROM THE THAT’S PRECISELY WHAT’S IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WE’LL SEE 3 PARACHUTES BE AT IS, WELL. THAT CAPSULE BACK TO THE GROUND. AND WHEN I MENTION. WHEN I MENTIONED THE 6 MINUTE MARK THAT I MEANT TO SAY. THAT’S ABOUT THE POINT THAT THEY GET BACK INTO THE SEASON THAT’S WHERE WE ARE ♪KEEP IN PROBABLY GET SHOTS OF THE ROCKET COMING BACK DOWN AND THE SPACE CAMP JUST SEPARATELY. THERE IS SHOOTING DOWN. THAT’S THAT’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING TO BOOST YOUR IS TO SEND THAT’S RIGHT. YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE ROCKET COME BACK DOWN LAND ON A PAD HERE. BACK DOWN IN WEST TEXAS. SEPARATELY FOLLOWED BY. THE SPACE CAPSULE WHICH WILL BE UNDER PARACHUTES, A NEW SHEPARD. SO. IT WAS TRUE. AND WHAT YOU JUST HEARD HERE WAS ASSIGNED HAD THERE ♪♪♪STORE HAS LANDED THE BOOSTERS ON THE GROUND TOUCHDOWN. WELCOME BACK. A NEW SHEPARD. >> I VIEW A YOU FLY TO SPACE. >> IS TO STOP THE LAND. AND TOM, THAT THE CAPSULE SHOULD FOLLOW HERE IN ROUGHLY 3 MINUTES, CORRECT. THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. SO AND THEY WILL PULL THOSE SHOOT. AND AS THAT CAPSULE IS COMING BACK DOWN MACH 3. 7 INITIALLY AS IT COMES BACK DOWN AND THEN THE SHOOTING COME OUT AND THEY WILL EVENTUALLY SLOW TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. AND AS IT COMES WITHIN ABOUT 20 FEET ABOVE EARTH. THEY WILL FIRE SOME WAY TO A ROCKETS THAT WILL SLOW EVEN FURTHER IT HAS A VERY THE WEST TEXAS AND BY AND THERE US AND THEY’RE THE TOM DO STAND BY FOR ME ONCE WE ARE JOINED NOW BY. >> US FACE SO FAR. ONE NOMINAL LEGITIMACY FOR THE LAST SAY, MAN OF COLOR IN JUST EMPLOYED AND 9 TO 2 RETHINK ONE OF THE FIRST AFTER THE CHALLENGER EXPLOSION IN 86 OR MAY FOR CIVILIANS WHO ARE INSIDE THAT CAPSULE THAT ARE ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN HERE ON ROCK FROM THE SUN. WHAT ARE THEY THINKING RIGHT NOW. WHAT ARE THEY FEELING RIGHT NOW. BACK HERE IN WEST TEXAS. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT ME. I WOULD HAVE JUST A SMILE ON MY FACE. >> AND PROBABLY WANTING TO DO IT ALL OVER I THINK WHAT THEY’VE DONE IS TO SEE SOMETHING THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE AND ALSO TO HAVE ANY SERIOUS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON’T OFTEN HAVE LIKE I THINKING ABOUT THE EXCITEMENT WITH SAYS IT WAS BECAUSE THE ROCKET, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO SEE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT DON’T WANT TO GO AND APPLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SHE AND THE THAT GOES WITH IT. I THINK THEY’RE JUST EXCITED. I WANTED TO TELL THE STORY WHEN THEY GET THAT. >> AND WHAT A STORY THEY WILL HAVE A LIFETIME STORIES. MAE JEMISON DO STAND BY AS WE WATCH OFF JEFF PESOS SAYS A LITTLE BROTHER ALMOST ALL FUN AND A CHAIR. OLDEST WOMAN TO EVER GO INTO SPACE. AND ADRENALINE IS PUMPING. ABOUT A TOUCHDOWN AND THE WEST TEXAS DESERT. ♪♪♪♪NEW. FIRST HUMAN ALL OF YOU. ♪>> COM NOW WE AMAZING. >> BEFORE THAT HE WAS VERY HAPPY. CAN’T COME HERE ALL OF ACTION DEMO. ♪♪>> EVERYONE. >> YOU REMAIN IN YOUR REMEMBER, 7 IS ON THEIR CERTAINLY YOU WILL HEAR THE >> LISTENING TO THE LORDS IN MISSION CONTROL. YOU CAN SEE MISSION CONTROL AND PUT MISTER COSTELLO. IT WOULD SEEM IS 300 WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. A FEW 100 FEET. >> YEAH. AND I THINK WE HEARD THEIR EXCITEMENT IN THEIR VOICES. I THINK I JUST HEARD WALLY FUNK SAY SHE BEEN FLOATING FOR 5 MINUTES. WHICH IS JUST EXCEEDED HER EXPECTATIONS. OBVIOUSLY A GREAT EXPERIENCE. AND I GOTTA THINK ALSO ABOUT THIS 18 YEAR-OLD DUTCH KID ALL OVER THE 2 WEEKS AGO WAS BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND SUDDENLY HE’S ON A ROCKET TO THE EDGE OF WHAT A GAME CHANGER THIS HAS BEEN FOR WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO DO NOW IS MAKE SURE ALL SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE FOLLOWED. THEY. >> GAS, AS YOU HEARD THEM SAY, AND THEN THEY’RE GOING TO COME IN VERY QUICKLY OR ARE COMING IN VERY QUICKLY, SHOULD SAY RIGHT NOW WITH THE USE OF GROUND SUPPORT TEAM IN TRUCKS AND THEY WILL BRING ALL THESE ASTRONAUTS FROM THEIR SPACESHIP AND >> THEIR SPACESHIP OUT TOWARDS THE STAGING GROUND CLEARLY PLAYING THE MOMENT. JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO THAT. THAT ROCKET BOOSTER. TAKING TOM, THE WHOLE THING WAS ACTUALLY A FEW SECONDS 11 WE WERE EXPECTING. WE CAN ALSO TELL US, OH, GOOD TIME. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY TO GET A REFUND. IF YOU COME DOWN 7 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS TO SET UP I DON’T KNOW AS A PRETTY EXPENSIVE TICKET. LIST. I DO THINK IT’S ALSO MADE WORTH MAKING THE POINT THEY HAD THEY HAD THE BEAUTY OF THE SYSTEM AND LET’S LET’S CELEBRATE THE ENGINEERING EXPERTISE HERE. THE BEAUTY OF THE SYSTEM IS IT IS A REUSABLE ROCKET. WE’RE GOING TO TURN THAT BUST AROUND THAT ROCKET BOOSTER AROUND AND THE SPACE CAPSULE ALSO WILL BE REUSED VERY CLOSE TO THE SAYS NOT WE’RE WATCHING THOSE LOT TO THE CAP. SO HERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK AND PRESUMABLY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, WE’RE GOING TO LIKE FOR VERY HAPPY HERE. I DON’T WHAT SO QUICKLY. >> THEY START MOVING EVEN BEFORE IT LANDED BASED ON ON THE PREDICTION OF LANDING WEATHER BALLOONS THAT WE LAUNCHED THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND THAT AND THAT GIVES US A VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHERE IT WILL LAND, WHICH WITHIN A 1000 FEET. AND WHAT YOU’RE SEEING THAT THEY’RE RIGHT NOW IS KEVIN’S FROM REMEMBER, 7 IS JUST MAKING SURE EVERYBODY’S OK, AND JUST THEM AND THEY’RE ALSO GROUNDING THE VEHICLE. WHEN YOU GO INTO SPACE, YOU COULD SMELL A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ELECTRIC CHARGE. THAT’S ACTUALLY WHY WE PREFER THAT THE ASTRONAUTS NOT GET OUT THEMSELVES SO THAT WE CAN GROUND THE VEHICLE STARTED CHARGE WHICH CAN BE QUITE STRONG. >> EXCELLENT. AND I THINK THEY’RE THAT KEVIN SPROAT, OUR CREW MEMBER. 7 HAS GIVEN THE E A. GIVEN THE THUMBS UP. >> FOR ALL OF OUR ASTRONAUTS THAT ARE ON BOARD THERE AGAIN, JEFF MARK BEZOS. >> WALLY FUNK. ALL OVER DAMON. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE DAY YOU HEARD THEM ON THE AUDIO BEST DAY AND THIS IS HIS I FEEL LIKE THIS IS OUR BEST DAY EVER TO GET TO GO TO SPACE. I MEAN, WHAT A DAY. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE BLUE TEAM OR ACTUALLY NOT TRUE. AND OF COURSE, THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF INCREDIBLE ASTRONAUTS THERE JUST ABOUT THE EXIT, THE CAPSULE HERE. LET’S WAIT FOR THAT MOMENT. SEE KNOW. ♪♪♪♪>> IT ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ARE DETECTING NEW SHOW CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, MAN GRADUATE. IS JUST. ♪AGAIN. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR JOINING US LIVE FOR OUR FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT NEW 4 ASTRONAUTS WENT TO SPACE AND BACK TOPPING OVER 350,000 WELL OVER A 100 KILOMETERS DID COME BACK DOWN SAFELY. WE’RE JUST WAITING HERE FOR YOU. WHO IS GOING TO GET OUT OF THE CAPSULES AND MEET THEIR HERE ON THE GROUND FOR SOME PROVIDED SO MUCH SUPPORT SINCE LITTLE KIDS AND THIS >> YOU READY? ♪♪>> WHAT A AGAIN HERE AS AND LANDING OF THE NEW SHEPARD ROCKET AND CREW CAPSULE WITH OUR FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT CREW THERE. JEFF MARKEY’S THOSE ALL FOR DAMON AND WALLY ON THE AND THEIR FAMILY HOMES ALL AROUND FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT MIKE MUSCLING. THOSE WITH MEANS. WELL, MY KEYS ALSO SUED BECAUSE INTEREST LANDS THE INTREPID SEA, AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM. >> HERE IN NEW YORK YOU WATCHED IT ALL UNFOLD AS WELL WITH ME CREDIBLE. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS. >> WELL, FOR A FIRST THANKS FOR HAVING REALLY THRILLED TO BE HERE WITH YOU AND AMAZING WHAT WHAT WE JUST SAW. I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT WE’RE WE’RE FOR THE TEAM BLUE ORIGIN’S ABLE PULL THIS OFF OR THEY HAD 15 SUCCESSFUL FLIGHTS BEFORE THIS 3 UNSUCCESSFUL TEST SOME OF THEIR ESCAPE SYSTEM. AND NOW THEY’VE GOT PEOPLE ON BOARD AND JEFF PESOS TAKES THE FIRST RIDE. SO I THINK IT’S PRETTY EXCITING. I THINK IT OPENS UP OPPORTUNITIES NOT ONLY FOR ALSO A PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA. SOME OF MY STUDENTS HAVE HAD EXPERIMENT FLY ALREADY ON THE NEW SPACECRAFT. SO I THINK IT’S GOING TO OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES AND MORE ACCESS TO SPACE VERY EXCITING WHAT LOU URGENT HAS PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE AS TOO. >> ALL OF COSTELLO. WE KNOW THAT THERE’S GOING TO BE A NEWS CONFERENCE OF SOME SORT ROUGHLY HOUR AND A HALF FROM NOW. SO REPORTERS WILL GET TO ASK QUESTIONS OF OF THE CIVILIAN WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS SEASON. >> OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WILL HAVE FULL. FIRST OF ALL, THEY COULD HAVE SOME FAMILY TIME REUNITED WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY RIGHT HERE ON THE GROUND DO THAT PRIVATELY AND THEN THEY HAVE A SERIOUS SAID AFTER THE NEWS CONFERENCE, THEY HAVE A SERIES OF ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH THE MEDIA. YEAH. ALL JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS HERE. FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A REALLY HAS MUCH ABOUT A BILLIONAIRE GOING TO SPACE IN THE IN IN THE TERMS OF JEFF BEZOS ANY MORE THAN IT WAS REALLY ABOUT RICHARD BRANSON. IT’S ABOUT THIS NEW CHAPTER IN ALLOWING ANYBODY EVENTUALLY TO EXPERIENCED SEE THE EARTH FROM BEYOND THAT. YOU KNOW, THAT KARMAN LINE BETWEEN THE ATMOSPHERE AND SPACE AND PROVIDING PEOPLE THAT REALLY WHAT THEY HOPE IS KIND OF A ROUNDING EXPERIENCE, A HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND GAIN A GREATER FOR WHERE WE ARE FOR THIS PLANET THAT WE ARE ON AND IT’S STRAIGHT ROAD HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE. I WOULD ALSO MAKE THE POINT IS A VERY COMFORTABLE WAY. 75 DEGREES ON THE GROUND HERE IN WEST TEXAS AND IT NORMALLY CAN GET UP TO A 110. THE LOCALS HERE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT CANNOT BELIEVE WE’RE HAVING SUCH WONDERFUL WEATHER HERE. YESTERDAY WAS ONLY IN THE 80’S. SO FANTASTIC WEATHER AND A BEAUTIFUL DAYS TO LAND HERE IN WEST ALSO, BY THE WAY, WE HAD A SECURITY IN A SAFETY BRIEFING HERE ON THE GROUND BEFORE THIS WHOLE THING STARTED. >> AND THE DIRECTOR OF SECURITY FOR BLUE ORIGIN A VERY SERIOUS GUY SAID LOOK OUT FOR THE RATTLESNAKES SCORPIONS TARANTULAS AND THE TORNADOES SO THAT HAVE A YOU KNOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THEY I THINK ALL THE RATTLESNAKES WERE SCARED AWAY WHEN THAT THING LANDED IN THE FEW MOMENTS. GOOD ALSO APPEARED AS IF SOMEONE REMEMBERED TO BRING THE CHAMPAGNE TO THE PARTY IN THE DESERT IN WEST TEXAS. MAE JEMISON IS BACK WITH ME AS MAY HERE WE IN NEED 2021 WE’VE JUST SEEN OF 4 CIVILIANS. >> HAD IN THE SPACE THE SECOND TIME IN 9 DAYS WE’VE SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE. >> 10 YEARS FROM NOW. MAE JEMISON. IF YOU HAD TO GUESS, I WOULD JUST CAME OUT OF THE GUESS FOR ME, WE’RE GOING TO BE IS. >> WHAT I HOPE WILL BE IS THAT THE SITE AND ABOUT SPACE EXPLORATION CONTINUES AND WE WILL STEADFASTLY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT GOVERNMENTS TO IN SPACE EXPLORATION HAS THIS IS VERY CLEARLY RIGHTFULLY MILLS WORK THAT WAS FROM 96 TO ONE POINT IN TERMS OF GETTING HUMANS IN SPACE IS. SO WE’RE ABLE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE WARRANT WHAT THEY DO ME A LOT THE HEAVY LIFT. HE WAS ALREADY IT COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY BRINGS A WEALTH OF THE HERE IS INNOVATION. >> THINGS FORWARD. SO I WE’RE DOING IS WE’LL SEE THIS CONTINUED PROCESS WHERE HE’S WE HAD SORT OF SAID IT’S ONLY COMMERCIAL IS PRIVATE INDUSTRY. BUT WE CONTINUE TO THE WORK NASA DOES IT’S LONG RACE SPACE EXPLORATION ARE GOING BACK TO THE MOOD ALSO PUTTING IN THE WITH OUR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY SO IN 10 YEARS, PERHAPS WE’LL SEE TICKET PRICES COME DOWN SEE MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED WE’LL SEE MORE A FALLS AND WE WILL BE BACK THE MOVE ONE WAY OR THE >> THAT FEELS LIKE THE PERFECT PERIOD. TO OUR COVERAGE THIS MORNING. THE BLUE ORIGIN. SOARED INTO SPACE WAS THERE FOR ROUGHLY. A HALF MINUTES FROM TOUCHDOWN TO TAKE OFF THOSE 4 CIVILIANS. >> SO SMART. DAYS OF FALLS OLIVER DAEMEN, ALL SAFELY. >> BACK ON THIS PLANET RIGHT NOW. WE WILL BE HEARING FROM THEM IN JUST A BIT. >> BUT NOW THAT CONTINUES OUR
