"I am Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, as well as their current CEO, and this is my brother Mark... okay, that should about do it."
Jeff Bezos held the camera and introduced himself, his brother Mark, and the other four passengers before handing it over to a staff member for editing and uploading to YouTube.
The New Shepard rocket was about to embark on its first manned flight, with passengers including four executives from Blue Origin along with two ultra-wealthy individuals.
Each of the six people secured themselves in window-side seats, took deep breaths, and relaxed their bodies.
"New Shepard" is a suborbital rocket capable of taking the crew capsule to altitudes of 80 to 100 kilometers, offering several minutes of weightlessness but not entering orbit.
According to the Kármán line space boundary, it is space travel; according to whether it enters orbit, it is not.