A company called Blue Origin concluded the online auction for the first seat on New Shephard, a rocket system meant to take tourists to space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25a1 ABOUT :-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25c7 New Shephard has been named after astronaut Alan Shephard \u2013 the first American to go to space \u2013 and offers flights to space over 100 km above the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25c7 It is a rocket system that has been designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Karman line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25c7 The idea is to provide easier and more cost-effective access to space meant for purposes such as academic research, corporate technology development and entrepreneurial ventures among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25c7 It will also allow space tourists to experience microgravity by taking them 100 km above the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25c7 Microgravity is the condition in which people or objects appear to be weightless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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