to give amazon credit and jeff bezos credit as an innovative company and jeff bezos as an adventure that so he likes to describe himself digging into the history of alexa it was surprising and essentially the idea for alexa springs out from an e-mail late 2010 sends e-mail to the chief of staff and says why do we build a 20-dollar computer whose brains are in the cloud that is completely controlled by your voice. that was a radical notion. the idea that most speech recognition systems you spoke right into that makes it easy. speaking to a device across the room is a technical challenge but then the challenge of having it understand you and respond that was advanced artificial intelligence. but jeff bezos was doing a couple of things looking for ways to exploit amazon's early lead in web services and ways to move amazon into everyday use of people's lives. he conceives the project then and he is the product manager. he drives the vision and meets with the team sometime several times a week. he picks alexa's voice and makes decisions about what features it should have he wrestles if alexa

having a great time, was this a good decision on bezos?timately led to a lot of personal issues and tabloid in all ofon this, move into hollywd instigated that but what are your thoughts? >> i think it's easier to look at these things, cannot look back and ask theoo big question, why did jeff bezos hollywood? why is amazon funding these to follow the chain of events. so amazon biggest category of sales in the 2000 mediocrity books, movie and music. music goes away because of the ipod and itunes and online music, they rush to kendall to make sure it doesn't happen in the books but dvd sales are going down so that a 20 year trend and netflix is rising so what does amazon do? it creates a video store where you can download movies and tv shows. that models starting to pray and not streaming and you have to pay billions of dollars to license "seinfeld". that's competitive, netflix and amazon are enriching the movie studios, how do you get out of this battle for paying for content? you make your own. it cheaper and it's going back to hbo and sho

that's the jeff bezos. over the last five years and first of all kudos to his physical trainer because that's quite an exercise regimen and he's much more fashionable. i think it seems plausible that lauren sanchez's partner has boosted his fashion level quite a bit. he's got the sunglasses in the crisp suits. that's one dimension of change. i think another is the portrait of quite a brutal ceo whose very punishing and sets high standards and lashes out at underlings who don't need a standard. i think he's a bald and out way as well. there are many fewer of those kinds of stories in "amazon unbound." where flashing back to just turning up documents. he's got a more delicate touch now and yet you know he still has been sending hide -- high bars. in any other way he's different that he is significantly different is his focus has expanded soer much. he was laser focused for so long on amazon and building this mecca, the system of the invention that could carry on and now and this is i think the territory that

bezos would not talk to me. and mackenzie scott as far as i can tell has done one interview with "vogue" magazine years and years ago tied to a book launch but tends to be an intensely private person who has so far avoided the media spotlight >> so maybe we can start with the first chapter of the book, you know, i think there's a lot of great anecdotes about bezos' role in coming up with alexa and the echo, and i think the common thread is that bezos set the bar really high. he pushed the team to aim for almost irrational goals, right? i think one quote i remember is you guys aren't serious about making this product. >> [inaudible]. >> so how important was bezos for coming up with this device that, you know, arguably the most successful personal device that amazon came up with? >> sure. you know, we're probably going to talk about amazon as a potential monopolist, you know, as a dominating force in american business, so i don't mind, and this is why i start the book off this way, you know, giving amazon credit a

and jeff bezos, gets hammered.nd probably would've gotten hammered anyway because he owns the washington post and the post did a great job covering the trump administration with ramifications of that are that amazon loses the jedi contract. $10 million that's a huge leg up and in the portion of the cloud a business that caters to government and public institutions. huge problems with post office predict want the publicity around trumps bitterness towards the post and jeff bezos in particular. a lot of what trump wanted to do, never happened like he talked about, he made ridiculous claims about the post being a lobbyist for amazon. and of that was true. so recently, the judge ruled in tamazon could be or should be able to continue to protest the decision which was with microsoft raising the possibilities of opening onn his back and rethink the whole process. as possible now with time and reflection that amazon if and jeff did not lose much in terms of their ongoing fight the trump administration. probably they would

jeff bezos: i will split my time between blue origin and the bezos fund. the latter is about climate change and sustainability in those two things -- and there will be a third thing. and maybe a fourth thing but i don't know what those are. i'm not good at doing one thing. hell yes. how fast can you refill that thing? let's go. ms. mills: next question. let's go with reuters. >> [indiscernible] ms. mills: erica acts about the -- asked about the cadence and capabilities. jeff bezos: we will fly human missions twice more this year. what we do in the following year, i am not sure yet. we will figure that out and what the cadence will eventually be, we want it to be very high. thing we found out is the auction process and what we have been doing its private sales, we are approaching 100 million dollars in private sales already. the demand is very high. we will keep after that because we want to practice with this vehicle. we will have to build more boosters and to fly more frequently and working on the operational things. we need to do the things we learned. w

jeff bezos: i would put it on myself. [laughter] [applause] jeff bezos: ok. ms. cornell: wally, last but not least, amelia earhart, what a lovely transition. an aviation icon and an aerospace, a space icon. what was it like? ms. funk: whew! i can't tell you. i had such a good instructor. when i went up this morning, the noise wasn't quite as bad and we went right on up and i saw darkness. i thought i would see the world but we were not quite high enough and i felt great. i felt like i was lying down. i was just lying down and i was going into space. i want to thank you, sweetheart, because you made it possible for me. i have been waiting a long time to finally get it up there and i have done a lot of astronaut training through the road, russia, america, and i can always speak to the guys on what they were doing because i was always stronger and i've always done everything on my own and i didn't do those. i did outside stuff. and i prayed over 19,000 hours. i loved it. i loved being here with you and your family and the four of us. we had a great time. it was wond

there is a general intention anyone can follow bezos.h perhaps at a time amazon needs to soften its image. bezos led with those new examples of empathy amazon can no longer be obsessed with the usersanymore. i disagree with the whole premise about softer taking on lar larry ellison. saying, you know what, i'll move off of it and aws will continue to grow. he's got a nuanced approach to his leadership he is a value creator and has never found another founder ceo that has taken the trillion dollar market cap. looking at tds the $500 billion then google, larry handed over the-ranges early on. mark zuckerberg is the closest and he just crossed $1 trillion. jassy in position to take the hand off having built aws the way he has the fact that he did build aws shows how entrepreneurial he is. pointing out this softer, gentler amazon the company understand from a regulatory and employee standpoint it is essential that they address these issues and the environment. they see they'll be a force for good and why they are embracing these for good >> i

i know, i know. >> jeff bezos, mark bezos, stephanie ruehl, scoring that out of this world exclusive,s now from that desert in west texas. steph, i understand before you got to catch up with your old friend there, you also saw the launch as it happened. what was it like? not as a journalist but as a regular person, seeing something really cool, that front row seat to history. >> reporter: as a human? >> yes. >> reporter: craig, it was kra extraordinary and before we talk about conflict, what are they doing, should they do it, actually standing here, watching it, hearing the noise, feeling it, it was extraordinary. it was this moment like you felt like you were a little kid watching it on tv, saying i cannot believe this is happening. it's a kind of thing that makes kids want to devote themselves to studying science and math. my kids called me right after. it was amazing to be here, but i also thought about their families, right, their friends who were here. yesterday i spoke before my interview to mark bezos, spoke to his wife. we've been planning for it and working on this. when you

congratulations to jeff bezos. it's his money, we shouldn't tell him how to spend it, i agree with stephanie. we saw an enormous ad for blue origin that wants more pentagon and nasa contracts, which could be a great thing, it could lower the cost of putting satellites into space, but of all those things, i would argue really the only viable business is space hauling. >> brad, i wonder your take. bezos wanting the outposts across outer space, across the solar system. look at what we saw today, capsule that holds four people, four people but still only four people, the original paid $20 million for a seat that that person never ended up using. how do you get people excited about a business model of space tourism when it seems so wildly unaffordable for so many? >> interestingly the capsule holds six paengsz and they only took four. that's a distinction, they're minimizing risk. space tourism is all about risk. do you want to put customers in danger and bezos had a successful flight. blue origin has a lot to prove. th

jeff bezos was talking about how this validates their technology.e says new shepard is overkill in terms of rocket technology that it takes to get to suborbital flight. they have to prove they can go beyond that and when those. emily: do you imagine the successful flight, the data that -- demonstration of force and technology puts blue origin in a better position with respect to nasa? ed: i am his face romantic. we have the world's richest and youngest and oldest astronauts and some guy called mark taking this flight. it proves who origin is a genuine player in the eyes of the public and those politicians and administrators that awardees contracts. they have good technology. what is going on over my shoulder where you are, they are not just sending out these rockets. their testing engines they are building for others and their other technology and they have a roadmap to put those in the real world. or out of this world. emily: give us the outlets for from the streets of vanhorn, texas where people are proud throughout the town wishing them well. tod

but let's go back to another clip of jeff bezos. this is jeff bezos talking about infrastructure.nt to turn to the news conference where he called the flight a small step toward building a road to space. >> you can tell when you're on to something. this is an important -- we are going to build a road to space so our kids and their kids can build a future. we need to do that. we need to do that to solve the problems here on earth. this is not about escaping earth. we are going to build an infrastructure -- when i started amazon, i did not have to build the postal service or royal mail, there were people -- already gigantic road infrastructure to deliver packages. that infrastructure toda is way too expensive and doesn't work for space. amy: peter ward, to say he's been to this money -- he is making the point he built amazon on the roads that existed, the mail system that existed and yet what taxes does he pay? this is really a public-funded flight, the amount of millions that he saved in not paying taxes. >> it is pretty outrageous. when he is talking about the road to space, a lot

that included mark bezos, jeff bezos's brother and 82-year-old wally funk, the oldest person to leave funk and a lucky 18-year-old oliver damon. two records broken there. kristin fisher is at launch site one in van horn, texas. and kristen, we are going to hear from jeff bezos and the crew soon. excitement as they landed, excitement as they were experiencing weightlessness. i even think one of them said if i heard correctly, do you want a skittle in the midst of that moment. but quite a moment in space. >> reporter: yeah, there was so much cheering, so i just can't wait to see the video from that. but at least we got to hear the audio because you know those work crew members were having the time of their life. when you think about what this meant for those four now astronauts, i mean this is a life long dream for jeff bezos, but also an even longer dream for that 82-year-old wally funk. you saw her walk out of that capsule with her arms wide open, big smile on her face and then that 18-year-old oliver maimon just and jeff bezos's mobrother mark. we don't know when the press conference

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you know gayle king was also at the launch and sat down for a chat with bezos and his brother mark. >n't think people truly understand what this means and why it is important. >> i think you're right, i don't think most people don't and really if you think about it, humanity we're big now, the earth is snd fnd sm space so clearly is jus h fragileishinku it feels big to get into see and fragile looking, so we do want to take care of this planet. thise c mov all heavy industry and polluting industry off earth and into space. >> sounds fantastic yes. >> crazy jeff bezos. >> so it can't happen today, it will take many decades but in the era of king hawk flyer that could only fly 180 feet if one day you told him about the 777 it would seem fantastical. this is a good planet and we have to protect it. my will be dead before this job is done it's nbosha b onispace vicle a inexpensive that it becomes the infrastructure that the next generation can use to take thosf whose is bigger? honestly, it really isn't? >> gayle, i promise you it really isn't. >> even when richard branson announced i'm g

jeff bezos will launch himself and three fellow soon to be astronauts in space. jeff's brother mark bezos along with pilot wally funk will be the oldest person in space at 82 years young, and 18-year-old oliver damon. they will all go to space. and, jim, we just heard those words, right? we just heard them say new shepherd is ready for launch. >> reminiscent of the moments we've seen from mission control in previous space launches, right, each mission commander saying, go, go, go. and then finally the lead commander saying, we are ready, we are ready for launch. >> let's get to our colleague anderson cooper who is on the ground there from launch site 1. anderson, take it away. >> yeah, a lot of people waited a very long time and worked very hard to make this happen. under ten minutes now. good morning, i'm anderson cooper at launch site 1 near van horn, texas. there is a go for launch, we are told. some nine minutes to go. any moment now, jeff bezos, blue origin will launch its first crewed miss

emily: the first person to have jeff bezos -- hug jeff bezos was his mother.he had two sons on the flight. as a mom, i sympathize. we got to go with him to the landing pad. we saw where the rocket touched down. they key is reusability. that rocket is ready to go back. i said, when are you going next? he said tomorrow. he was in a jubilant mood. i want to bring in ed ludlow who has been with us in van horn, texas. the big question is, what's next for blue? what is the road to space tourism? they said they've got more flights plant, what else? >> two flights for the rest of the year. this space tourism business is supply constrained. bob smith was saying over the weekend that there are willing and paying customers out there. the fourth seat was supposed to go to the auction winner, but we are told there were others bitting in the region of $20 million. we are trying to go about how they will go about pricing this. two more missions, six paying customers, the constraint is that they only have a couple of boosters able to do this. remember, jeff was candid in that

jeff bezos brought the press dinner.ly different experience. >> the food was good, i have to say. it was his grandmother's chicken recipe. i asked him. the public is always very interested in what astronauts eat right before their launch. i asked in this was his last meal. >> i can't believe he ate arollos con pollo. >> it was quite a moment. >> i'm curious to see if jeff bezos is going to be actually wearing a hat in space. >>> adam, as you watch this, i mean, it's 11 minutes. is there any sort of scientific value? i know some of the folks on virgin said they were doing experiments. is that legit? >> well, you know, it's possible that they can get some experiments being done here, but i think this is really much more than that. it's really much more than space tourism even. this is, you know, we've been exploring space since the beginning of the space program, but if we really want to have a human presence in space, if we really want to try and have -- become a space faring species, then commerce has to be part of this.

what did jeff bezos and the others learn from today's space flight stephanie ruhle spoke to bezos and his brother, mark, just moments after their flight >> jeff bezos, you are an astronaut now how does it feel >> it's amazing. there are no words it was a perfect mission. we were -- i'm not talented enough to put this into words, the accelerating g forces and how it felt, your skin pulled back and pushed into the seat, and then zero g comes so suddenly and you are just floating. >> surprisingly natural. >> effortless. >> to be in zero g >> you feel comfortable. >> i want to know, what did it feel like to be up there together when you locked eyes? >> it was pretty special. we -- i mean, first of all it just meant a tremendous amount to me to be able to represent my mom and dad, our sister christina. >> we did a little hi mom in zero g. >> one of us was upside down in zero g. >> hopefully we got it right. >> what did you experience that matters to all americans? >> well, listen, we have to build a road to space so that our kids and their kids can build the future and keep earth as this b

bezos' next vision. when elon musk can prove that he can launch a rocket and land it on a ship in the pacific ocean people go man, this guy is for real. then the perception of the tesla car changes almost immediately, i believe, and the stock price for different reasons shot through the roof. the way we look at bezos from this day forward has now changed forever. >> sandra: he is a brilliant man. >> why does the technology from blue origin go? does it go to boeing or airbus do they say we can now improve standard air travel for anyone who jumps on an airplane. we saw that a lot with the space program with nasa. we got many great things from the space program that the rest of us you. we got gps and the internet and look at the amazing apps and services and businesses that were built on that. it is also what's the next step for blue origin beyond shuttling people to the edge of space? where does the technology take us? and where does it take us on the ground? >> sandra: the bigger question where does the r

bezos and space. moment. >> this is a story that started years ago when he spent time with his grandparents at their ranch in south texas. he got the space bug watching the apollo moon landing. he gave a speech at his high school. he was the valedictorian -- about space travel. he has been consistent with division. the speech was about opening the space frontier, having humans living and working in space. today is the first step on the journey. he founded blue origin 2000. the company has not had a lot of success to show for it. they are working on orbital rockets, moon landers, often in competition with spacex. this is an important step for bezos and for blue origin. jonathan: i am trying to be transparent and balanced about the moment we are in. tom and myself get a lot of criticism for covering an event like this. jeff bezos has taken a lot of criticism about it. how has he confronted this issue as he makes these kinds of steps forward? >> he has ignored it. he is someone who probably has pretty th

amazon founder jeff bezos and three others are set to launch into space this morning. how they're preparing for the historic flight. >>> new wildfire challenge. as fire crews take on the nation's largest fire in southern oregon, there's a new threat that could exhaust resources even more. >>> well, good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with new guidance when it comes to students wearing masks for the upcoming school year. the american academy of pediatrics now says that children older than 2 should wear masks in the classroom regardless of whether they have been vaccinated or not. it comes as the delta variant drives up covid-19 cases nationwide. even wall street was rocked with renewed fears over the virus. yesterday the dow posted its biggest single day drop this year plunging 725 points. laura podesta is tracking the very latest for . a,mo >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. asian markets fell overnight as worries continue to grow that the delta variant could wreak havoc on the global economic recovery effort. the guidance from the ame

to the left, that is mark bezos. jeff bezos brother. and, in fact, to left of him a little harder to see off of that other window, that will be jeff bezos. oliver daemen on the other side of the hatch, he's also harnessed in ready to go to space, ready to become the youngest person to ever flown in space. again he comes from the netherlands. so beautiful again as we talked about it and we want to open up this experience to the world and it's so wonderful that he is not just representing the next generation but also more flags as we fly to space. standing by here. >> new shepard, this is mission control. good morning, astronauts and welcome aboard the rfs first step. let's get things started with the com check. after not all how do you read? >> mission mission controd clear. >> copy. astronaut wally, how do you read me? >> wally, , push the button to answer. push the button loud and clear. >> copy, astronaut wally. astronaut demo. >> this is astronaut demo. i have you loud and clear. >> copy. astronaut bezos. >> mission control, bezos, i

you can watch live as jeff bezos and company launch into space on blue origin. our live coverage starts at 5:40 this morning. >>> the city council is casting a preliminary vote on the proposed howard terminal ballpark for the oakland a's. a yes vote vote vote vote vote amy hollyfield has more. >> reporter: it's a critical moment the a's want approval to build a now complex complete with housing, retrail and office space the a's have said they are not interested in prebuilding at the current coliseum site. many are asking why they can't stay there. today the city council's vote is nonbinding, but the a's say if the council votes for it it will keep it alive and if they vote no, they will move to another city. they said today's vote does not have to have so much writing on it. >> i don't think this will be a make it or break this meeting. the city council will likely vote on something or at least agree to something or a certain direction, but the question is whether the a's will buy it. >> reporter: one critical issue is the funding for the howard terminal site. t

astronaut bezos? >> woo hoo. >> [indiscernible] >> astronaut bezos, happy, happy, happy. >> copy. >> thank come, everybody, for joining us alive for our first human flight on new shepard. our booster is about to return to its landing pan. we see -- landing pad. we see engine relight. the sonic boom. [jets roaring] >> and booster touchdown. welcome back, new shepard -- a beautiful rock that provided a beautiful flight to space. [laughter] >> first step, your booster has landed. >> booster landed. >> [indiscernible] >> and there it is, our crew capsule with our four crewmembers on board. >> you have a very happy grew up your. i want you to know. -- up here. i want you to know. >> i see blue. >> standby, drouges. standby, main. standby, main. >> so far, a nominal flight. here comes the crew capsule back from space. the drougues deployed. coming to full inflation. our rocket went over mach three and now they are floating down at about 50 miles per hour, about to join us home back here in west texas after

bezos quietly had been buying out local ranchers, by one estimate

this is a mural of jeff bezos.y from the ranch where bezos and his crew took off a few hours ago. the town has a population of just under 2,000 people. he bought 100,000 acres to build a space site on a corn ranch. now hundreds of people have made their way to the area from all over the state to watch this morning's launch. bezos and his brother mark have long-standing roots in the southwest. born were born in new mexico and you're looking at visit you of a little surprise stop by bezos and his brother. the two of them stopping by the press room to share some texas barbecue for dinner. they also brought a token close to home. their grandmother's recipe. >> try this at home. this is our favorite recipe. >> before leaving, they joked the barbecue would not be their last meal. thankfully, they were right. morgan on the ground in van horn, texas. just outside the launch zone bubble. morgan, what has all of this meant for that tiny town? >> reporter: it's meant a lot. and i can tell you the last 15 years since he acquir

monday likes jeff bezos's last -- monday marks jeff bezos's last day as ceo of amazon. where do we start with a guy that change the world, for better or for worse? what happened on monday? are we expecting fanfare or server money is the passing of the baton happens or not? >> they have not said much about what they will do. andy jaffe introduced himself to the troops. it would take a whole lot to mark the 27 years that bezos has had and try to that company. it is an insane run. reshaped online shopping, reinvented for all intents and purposes. heck of a run as andy takes over on monday. emily: jeff is staying on its executive chair, so he is not necessarily going anywhere. how much do you think he is going to try to be in the drivers seat and allow andy to have that role? matt: that can be a tough transition. you saw this with microsoft. jeff bezos says he wants to stay and worker safety is something he wants to work on and invent new ways to keep employees say. jeff bezos is also about to blast himself off into space in a few weeks, so i don't think you will be watchin

jeff bezos came to deliver dinner to the press corps.hicken thighs, mac & cheese and black-eyed peas. he said he has finished his training for the day and is feeling excited. he didn't indicate any nerves. someone did ask if it was his last meal before his flight, he said who said anything about last meals? it seems like all systems are go from everything we heard from the company executives to engineers to people on the ground, this rocket is taking off tomorrow. behind me is where the rocket is being stored in the shed they call the barn. a mile beyond that is the launchpad where the rocket will be taking off. jeff bezos's, his brother, wally funk and oliver damon will load into that capsule. it will take off vertically, and at some point the capsule will separate from the rocket. they will both continue into space past the international space boundary, and all of them will experience three to four minutes of weightlessness. the booster will come back to earth first, then the capsule will descend after with parachutes, and land hopeful

the four civilians, jeff bezos, mark bezos, wally funk, oliver daemen, all safely back on this planet right now. we will be hearing from them in just a bit. but for now, that concludes our coverage of the blue origin space >>> back to "today in the bay." your local news come. we were watching history right here in the studio as well with you. >> i was thinking about the number of times you and i watched history together, the resignation of the pope, invasion of iraq, all of those times. you see the live pictures there. we've talked to astronauts how it went, it was nominal, they're just engineers or good engineers, but to and yelling and with champagne, so much fun to see. >> looking at that, one thing i kept thinking about is that, you know, i felt like a kid. >> right. >> the entire experience just watching that. >> the anticipation, too. it was interesting because i was monitoring on twitter as well. there was a lot of anticipation and a little, you know, worriness about this as well, what if. they were talking about, you know, the challenger explosion and what not. >> sure. >> and

jeff bezos brother, mark. they each have four children.a >> walle funq is there and oliver damon who is 18. being greeted by family and friends. >> they, too, just as excited to see them back on solid ground safely as their family and close friends with them. you know, gayle, we should note is a symbol of the perfection of flight. that's what today was for this company that >> this company that has been working on this for decades. to achieve this historic moment. a day for celebration. >> what a good feeling, norah. >> for the crew. i just >> i just want to talk to bill and charlie here. i'm -- this moment and what they have achieved what it could mean for future people who want to experience the same moment it. will cost you $200,000 at least at some point they are saying these types of flights, very, very expensive to do this. it's also continuing and -- jeff bezos said we are essentially slowly destroying the earth and heavy machines, other things will need to move to other planets in order to save earth from climate change and other t

you have the bezos brothers. years old became the oldest person to ever travel to space, you also had 18-year-old oliver daemen, who became the youngest. ole oliver was a paying passenger with today's flight, we saw the commencement of commercial service for blue origin's "new shepard" space flight system, two more flights with people on board expected before the end of this year and blue origin said they're already booking those paying passengers. so this is happening expect after the success of today, expect to see more of these flights with more of these so-called space tourists climbing on board. so, given the conversation we're having here today, i want to bring in a former nasa administrator, jim brydenstein great to have you on. >> great to be with you. >> you and i have had so many conversations over the last couple of years about this new emerging era of commercial space flight i wonder what you think of, the flight we saw today, not to mention nine days ago, virgin galactic and richard branson it is sub

astronaut bezos. [cheering] >> happy, happy, happy. >> reporter: >> happy. >> thank you for joining us live for the first human flight on "new shepard". the booster is about to return to the landing pad, the engine relight. look at it go. and booster touchdown, welcome back, "new shepard". a beautiful rocket that provided a beautiful flight to space. >> your booster has landed. >> great to hear about the booster. and there it is, the capsule with four crew members on board, >> very happy crew i you to know. oh yeah. i see blue. >> standby drogues standby drogues. standby mains, standby mains. >> so far a nominal flight. here comes the crew capsule back from space, the drogues deployed, here are the mains out, coming to full inflation. our rocket went over mock 3 and there, including back down at 15 or 16 miles an hour. back here in west texas after having gone over the internationally recognized line of space, the world's newest astronauts. how are you holding up? >> i am speechless. >> those big beau

astronaut bezos? >> copy. >> that sounded like jeff bezos saying happy, happy, happy. >> almost seven minutes into their flight into space. >> the booster is about to return to its landing pad. >> they're going faster and faster and faster, now they're starting to slow down and actually we're looking at the booster there. two things are happening the booster actually lands before they do, you see it coming in for a landing, slowing down, it will land at about 5 miles per hour, usually right on that launch pad. that's the booster landing that we're seeing right now. they're about two miles away. >> booster touchdown, welcome back, "new shepard." a beautiful rocket that provided a beautiful flight to space. >> your booster has landed. >> booster landed. >> right there on the launch pad. >> they're happy to hear about the booster. to be able to hear them, they're so calm, excited but yet so calm. >> very happy crew up here i want you to know. >> now, they're just floating. you see it right there. you see

i think the important thing today was exactly what jeff bezos said to you in his interview. you know, the fact that the big thing is to take care of this planet. he made a statement that this is the only one. and so people who talk about colonizing the moon and colonizing mars as an alternative to earth. jeff bezos made it very clear, this is the one planet that could -- on which life could be sustained. while it looks like a race, i think he and richard branson and elon musk talk about trying to improve life on this planet by moving the toxic things away and doing things that are heavy machinery and the like in space. and that is the -- i think that is the road on which we're charting right now. >> yeah. kristin fisher and i will be back. we're going to take a short break. we're expecting a press conference from jeff bezos and all of the members of the crew who were in space today. we'll take a short break and we'll be right back. what if you could have the perspective to see more? at morgan stanley, a global collective of thought leaders offers investors a broader view. ♪

so add astronaut to the long list of accomplishments for jeff bezos. three minutes of weightlessness is what they experienced as they climbed above the karman line, the internationally recognized start of space saw the curvature of the earth before that capsule, which had detached from the rockets, which relanded, also its own landing with parachutes here in the west texas desert in terms of bezos, when i spoke to him, i asked him about that bigger, broader vision and how that will play out and what this means now with the successful accomplishment of this launch for blue origin. >> the next thing we're working on is called new glen and new glen is a re-useable vehicle for orbital space travel so that's the very next step, as far as blue origin is concerned. and really we need to build the infrastructure when amazon started, we didn't have to build a package delivery network. it already existed that was infrastructure. you want to be a space entrepreneur today, you have to do everything from the very beginning, there is no real infrastructure that is a

the other passenger on board as mark bezos, the brother of jeff bezos and mark daemen who is an 18—year—oldight not be the best use of vast sums of money when there are so many things to spend it on back here on planet earth. both these billionaires have invested years of their lives into these projects and hundreds of millions of pounds and there is some criticism that money could be better spent but a lot of people say in the space industry this is more than just a billionaire space race, this is not just rockets becoming the new superyacht, this is a really important step forward for space tourism. at the moment it is the mega rich you get to goal. virgin galactic have been selling tickets at £250,000 and the customer who should have been on this first blue origin appeared at hundred and $28 billion for this flight but due to scheduling problem he is not there so the ticket went oliver daemen to from the netherlands. jeff bezos says his mission is to move his industry into space. even virgin galactic expecting to run its first paid flights at the end of spring and 2022. it will initially

jeff bezos, who mark describes as his best friend.d, boom, that scared me until someone said don't worry, it's supposed to do that. so, you're on pins and needles when they actually touch down but when they do, it's pure jubilation. >> i know we have a little sound from the young man, the 14-year-old boy, who was watching the take off and landing. he was filming it with all of his devices. i thought for every nerd out there, what a remarkable moment. you'll never know what dreams he's going to dream, what things he'll do with just having witnessed what you just did. >> well k we just say that we love all blerds. i'm on the same team. i felt the same thing when i saw that. just the message that it sends to all kids, really, but certainly all kids of color, to know this is possible, to know this exists. the fact his parents brought him so he could see it in person. there were a lot of people who said it's in a small town of van horn. i never heard of until jeff bezos and team were here. rrs but people were camped along the street becaus

[laughter] [applause] jeff bezos: ok. ms. cornell: wally, last but not least, amelia earhart, what a lovely transition. an aviation icon and an aerospace, a space icon. what was it like? ms. funk: whew! i can't tell you. i had such a good instructor. when i went up this morning, the noise wasn't quite as bad and we went right on up and i saw darkness. i thought i would see the world but we were not quite high enough and i felt great. i felt like i was lying down.