Michael Strahan flies in space with astronaut's daughter: 'Wow!'

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Football star and TV celebrity Michael Strahan caught a ride to space with Jeff Bezos' rocket-launching company Saturday, sharing the trip with the daughter of America's first astronaut.

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket blasted off from West Texas, sending the capsule on a 10-minute flight with the two VIP guests and four paying customers. Their automated capsule soared to an altitude of 106 kilometres, providing a few minutes of weightlessness before parachuting into the desert. The booster also came back to land successfully.

As soon as he emerged from the capsule, Strahan said he wanted to go again. But Bezos joked he'd have to buy his own ticket next time. Shepard Churchley -- who volunteered for Blue Origin's third passenger flight -- borrowed her late father's phrase, yelling "Let's light this candle!" while awaiting takeoff. Fierce wind held up her flight for two days."I thought about Daddy coming down and thought, gosh he didn't even get to enjoy any of what I'm getting to enjoy," Shepard Churchley said following touchdown. "He was working. He had to do it himself.

 

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This is disgusting……. Money would be better spent on homelessness, child poverty etc.

With all the problems in the world, the last thing I want to read about is rich people wasting money.

Sooner or later.

Maybe earth first before billionaires playing in space

Pffft How many children will go to bed hungry tonight? Asking for a friend.

Kids around the world are starving

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