Published: Apr 07, 2017, 04:25 IST | Updated: Apr 07, 2017, 04:25 IST
Amazon's Blue Origin rocket company aims to launch paying passengers on 11-minute space rides starting next year
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Bezos is selling $1 billion of Amazon stock a year to fund rocket venture
A general view of the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket booster at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs
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Bezos is selling $1 billion of Amazon stock a year to fund rocket venture
A general view of the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket booster at the 33rd Space Symposium
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Bezos is selling $1 billion of Amazon stock a year to fund rocket venture
Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos addresses the media about the New Shepard rocket booster and Crew Capsule mockup at the 33rd Space Symposium
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Bezos is selling $1 billion of Amazon stock a year to fund rocket venture
A general view of the Blue Origin Crew Capsule mockup and New Shepard rocket booster at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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Bezos is selling $1 billion of Amazon stock a year to fund rocket venture
Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos addresses the media about the New Shepard rocket booster and Crew Capsule mockup at the 33rd Space Symposium
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Bezos is selling $1 billion of Amazon stock a year to fund rocket venture
An interior view of the Blue Origin Crew Capsule mockup at the 33rd Space Symposium
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Bezos is selling $1 billion of Amazon stock a year to fund rocket venture
An interior view of the Blue Origin Crew Capsule mockup at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs
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Bezos is selling $1 billion of Amazon stock a year to fund rocket venture
Ariane Cornell gives tours to the media of Blue Origin's Crew Capsule mockup at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States