blue origin has appealed the decision. seems like spacex is pulling ahead, really deepening that relationship with nasa. it has the only nasa certified human spaceflight system. blue origin is trailing behind, but, this is still a landmark moment for them. being the first billionaire in space is some accolade. emily: ed ludlow. our resident rocket man. we will be watching that launch on july 20. carrying jeff bezos and his brother, a huge one. thanks so much. that does it for this edition of bloomberg technology. tomorrow, we will catch up with the california secretary of the environment. don't want to miss that one. thanks so much for joining us. i'm emily chang in san francisco. this is bloomberg. ♪ yousef: this is "bloomberg daybreak: middle east." manus: traders accounting dine -- down to the inflation reports, the last major part of economic data before the fed's meeting. meanwhile, some say that there have been mixed messages on rates. yousef: shares a sale as the

emily: what does it mean for blue origin? >> blue origin, we only have the auction to go off of.space. they also have other parts of the business they hope will generate revenue. the best is elon musk. he says spacex, the launch side of the business is $3 billion a year. -- $30 billion a year. it is really finding higher margins, databased services that can fuel the activity of launching into space. emily: who are the billionaires outside of musk, bezos, and branson betting on space? >> the billionaires are the institute of investors themselves. take spacex, sequoia led the last round. fidelity, blackrock, these legacy names. kathy would. and you have the investors. you also have zuckerberg. one of the big beneficiaries of space could be facebook. the more you connect people digitally with starling, blue origin, you could see the adoption of facebook, netflix. there is a lot of capital coming, but it is bezos, musk, and branson. emily: what are the chances richard branson gets up before bezos? >> we don't know, but i would wager it is good. over the course of the summer, they wan

joining us is tim ellis who is a former engineer at blue origin.to believe that blue origin is almost two decades old. the company has been around for a long time and we are just now getting to the first humans flight to space. how would relativity be different? tim: thanks for having me on. relativity was founded five and a half years ago. we have raised over $1.3 billion. we have built our own rocket engine. we've done over 500 test with that engine. we plan to launch from cape canaveral at the end of this year. less than six years of the company's founding, we are launching a rocket orbit. so we are not just launching satellites, we are building a whole new tech stack for building and iterating rockets based on 3d printing. we 3d printing 95% of the rocket. we are at the forefront of an inevitable shift for software manufacturing that will increase the rate of innovation. i founded this company with a long-term vision of making humanity multi-planetary on mars. i really think it is inevitable. somebody has to develop an industrial base. no one h

blue origin has appealed the decision.ms like spacex is deepening relationship with nasa. it has the only nasa certified human spaceflight system. this is still a landmark moment for them. being the first billionaire in space is some accolade. emily: ed ludlow. our resident rocket man. we will be watching that launch on july 20. thanks so much. that does it for this edition of bloomberg technology. tomorrow, we will catch up with the california secretary of the environment. thanks so much for joining us. i'm emily chang in san francisco. this is bloomberg. ♪ (announcer) back pain hurts, and it's frustrating. you can spend thousands on drugs, doctors, devices, and mattresses, and still not get relief. now there's aerotrainer by golo, the ergonomically correct exercise breakthrough that cradles your body so you can stretch and strengthen your core, relieve back pain, and tone your entire body. since i've been using the aerotrainer, my back pain is gone. when you're stretching your lower back on there, there is no better feel

and a $28 million trip — into space on blue origin, with the founder of amazon.he danish star footballer christian eriksen is in a stable condition in hospital after collapsing during his nation's european championship match against finland. the 29—year—old suddenly fell to the ground in front of his home supporters in copenhagen. the team's doctor said the midfielder received life—saving cardiac massage treatment on the pitch. the game was suspended, but later resumed at the request of both teams. nathalie pirks reports. it was a picture that gave hope to millions, christian eriksen leaving the parken stadium on a stretcher — dazed but awake. moments earlier, it had all seemed far more worrying. the game was near half—time when, without a player around him, eriksen staggered to the ground and collapsed. team—mates immediately recognised how serious this was, forming a protective ring around him as medics rushed onto the pitch. but fans and players could only look on in horror as doctors attempted to resuscitate the midfielder. english referee anthony taylor swif

taylor: of course, no one has funny million dollars for a seat on blue origin.ast time we spoke with virgin atlantic, they were expecting seats to come down to about a very still high amount of $100,000 or $200,000, but that is more region -- more reasonable. where are we on pricing? >> the first 600 on the waitlist pit around 250,000 u.s. dollars. -- paid around 250,000 u.s. dollars. virgin galactic's and r&d phase. they have -- in r&d phase. they have one vessel. they have some prototypes. what they need to do is get into production at scale. the ceo's been saying until they get that serious production going, the economics don't work out where they can bring the price down. he also said it's a high-margin business going forward. the devil is in the details. this is an early step forward and a big step forward. it is unclear when i'm going to get on one of these and when you guys are going to get on one of these. caroline: we hope, if you are a lover of space. ed ludlow come all the brains around this. next, more on meme stocks and financial literacy. this is b

and there was a new competitors like blue origin who are creating this whole. ringback ecosystem of launch vehicle providers that are servicing lower end of the market, cheaper solution. so the real rock, it will help to drive the cost of launches down, as well as a mass production of satellites. currently, the cost to launch a satellite has declined to about $60000000.00 from $200000000.00 b as the locket, and there's a potential to drop as low as $500000.00 with economy to scale and mass production . so now on the demand side we have the entire space industry likely to impact a number of industries, including aerospace in defense, ip hardware and telecom services. so the most significant opportunity may come from satellite and broadband internet service. and if i do, morgan stanley here, the satellite broadband will represent about 50 percent of the projected growth of the global space economy. and launching the satellite will help to drive down the cost of data just in time when demand for high speed data and access and storage costs explodes. so there's goi

blue origin plans to deliver moon gravity style emissions on space flights much closer to earth . starting in 2022. the company plans to meet a long standing need to simulate lunar gravity. that would be $16.00 of the earth's for larger payloads and for longer periods of time than the current options. now the big setback for the company however, is it's new glenn rocket program. the launch date for its massive, reusable rocket had been 20. 20. the company now admits that new go and won't be launching until at least a 4th quarter of 2022. or let's move to virgin galactic. as of december of last year, the company landed a major contract with nasa. virgin galactic has been selected to provide regular access to flights for nasa payloads. as the space agency conducts more research and development and plans for future exploratory missions, the virgin, lactic has also has some big setbacks to with spaceship to sub orbital vehicle. the company says it is delaine the next test by the bad vehicle, by more than 2 months to address technical issues. in addition, part of a revamp flight test p

blue origin are not happy about that.aled the decision but it seems like spacex is becoming the premier private commercial carrier for nasa at this point in time but you have others. northrop and boeing waiting in the wings as well. shery: ed ludlow. coming up in the next hour, we take a look at the outlook for commodities with daniel hynes and the president and chairman of a company joins us to look at the prospects for alternative energy. do not miss our big interview later with edward yow. that is it for "daybreak australia." "daybreak asia" is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ in business, it's never just another day. it's the big sale, or the big presentation. the day where everything goes right. or the one where nothing does. with comcast business you get the network that can deliver gig speeds to the most businesses and advanced cybersecurity to protect every device on it— all backed by a dedicated team, 24/7. every day in business is a big day. we'll keep you ready for what's next. comcast business powering possibilities

those is blue origin and sir richard branson's, virgin galactic. the real question though is just how far can these private space companies push each other as they compete? well, let's start with what each of these companies is focused on right now. blue origin plans to deliver moon gravity style missions on space flights much closer to earth, starting in 2020 to the company plans to meet a long standing need to simulate lunar gravity. that would be $16.00 of the earth's for larger payloads. and for longer periods of time than the current options. now, the big setback for the company however, is it's new glenn rocket program. the launch date for its massive reusable rocket had been 2020. the company now admits that new go and won't be launching until at least a 4th quarter of 2022. or let's move to virgin galactic. as of december of last year, the company landed a major contract with nasa. virgin galactic has been selected to provide regular access to flights for nasa payloads, as the space agency conducts more research and development and plans fo

jeff bezos announcing via instagram this morning he's going to space this is blue origin's first crewe wanted to do all my life. >> so this mission, this is origin's first operational flight after the new shepard space capsule. this will occur from the west texas launch site. scheduled from the apollo 15 moon landing it culminates in a day of live bidding this upcoming saturday the current is $2.8 million. 6,000 participants from 143 countries have proceeded so far. the proceeds are going to the foundation here's what bezosological experience, arrival to west texas four days for training and climb aboard that rocket system for an 11-minute round trip journey past the edge of the space, more than 100 kilometers in altitude this is a trip that went through three minutes of weightlessness and then a parachute landing back in the desert the flight comes 15 days after bezos' ceo with amazon and richard branson whose virgin galactic is the most direct competitor in the market branson who has had public plans in place for years now expected to make his trip later this summer not surprising t

bid standing at $2.8 million, and it will be the first suborbital sightseeing trip carried out by blue origin. in the early 2000's, several people paid millions of dollars to travel to the international space station. fly onof the kilometers aboveill the surface of the earth for just a few minutes. withlue origin, bezos joins fellow billionaires elon musk and richard branson in the competition for space tourism. branson's company version go action -- virgin galactic. elon musk aiming to send people into space for severalays to visit the international space station or even for a trip around the moon. >> back down to earth here in the studio in paris, that is it for this section of life from paris. stay with us. more to come. >> new technology, the latest innovation, and its impact on society. >> tech 24 on france 24 and france24.com. ♪ >> 10 years after the 2011 uprising in it live, what has become of the prisoners of bashar al-assad's regim >> i kept searching. >> h can you cling onto hope when there are no signs of life? photographs should at least make it possible to identify the dead. >> y

he founded his aerospace company blue origin more than 20 years ago.aft making this sorbital. and it's set to take off from the facility in west texas on july 20th. i want to highlight that's the 52nd anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing days after bezos steps down. and blue origin conducted 15 consecutive successful test flights, many with pay loads onboard. but the planned flight for the 20th, that's the first time blue origin sends crew to space. and perhaps the biggest vote in confidence in his team and the system they have built, you know, as announced today that bezos and his brother mark -- jeff bezos and his brother mark will be on the first crew during it. as you point out pb ana, this is the ultimate gift you could give your brother. go down in space history. >> no kidding. it's amazing. and i guess somebody else, some lucky stranger out there has a chance to go on the flight as well, right. but one is auctioned -- a seat is auctioned, bidding at $2.8 billion-dollar. tell us about that. who will join them. >> i wish i could tell you i wa

blue origin is auctioning off that seat on board the spacecraft for charity so far the bidding is $2.8 bold move from bezos here. >> it is a bold move, shep and it's on a bold day, since july 20th is the 52nd anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing the bezos brother and the highest bidder of that online auction will have just three days to peep for this, quote, greatest adventure as jeff bezos put it today this will be a trip roughly 55 miles above earth. this is just passed the internationally recognized start of space, and if all goes according to plan, this flight will make blue origin the first u.s. commercial company to actually put a private paying passenger into space, beating out its closest rival sir richard branson's virgin galactic what will this first cruise flight entail? it's a vertical liftoff off a suborbital rocket, autonomous capsule that seats six, with weightless ability and unbuckle and float before landing back in the desert and because it's pressurized, no space suit or helmet necessary either bezos founded blue origin two decks a ago and almost entirely funded

amazon founder says he will fly on the first crude flight of the rocket made by his other company blue origin. >>> first things first this is wonderful. and we should point out that our team at cnbc has been worked very hard to make today possible. >> i have to tell you, there are people, i'm going to mention one, brad, i think people deserve actual names, because the amount of work that people have to do to get things moving here, it is a little archaic, so it's not so easy to get things done, this is a fabulous set, we all missed each other, and even though when we were back in inglewood deliver cliffs, i was looking at david's back, and 35 feet apart it feels like old times. and maybe, just maybe there was this interlude and maybe things are off the table in terms of a disease that we know can still hurt. >> of course, they have a big case study going here about how people work together, and in enclosed environment, and i also would say maybe it's a good message and image to put forward for the city, as certainly banks which are also going to be doing something like this starting today. >>

we don't have dates, but we do know that blue origin has not yet achieved faa regulatory approval.hey have an application pending , but this is a real win for virgin galactic in the race to make this a viable business. matt: hang on. blue origin does not have approval yet even though jeff bezos plans to go up in just a couple of weeks? >> correct. the faa confirmed this was the first license of its kind. it is not unusual for the faa to approve a license on the day of launch. when spacex is sending up payloads and the windows are being cleared, that approval comes day of, sometimes in the day prior. so it is not typical but it certainly adds to the race and the tension between these billionaires and businesses to carry private citizens into space. amanda: what is the end goal here? it hadn't occurred to me that if you fly on this, you are considered an astronaut. what is the actual commercial reason for this? >> you might get a badge or certificate to say you went into space. virgin is very much on the tourism site. basically, they charge a price. first 600 waiting list people were

you know, version galactic and blue origin are targeting space tourism very specifically with this sub orbital option which they now approval for. but you know, but the space x is not far behind with, from a much bigger value ad and a lot more utility with their technology. now when it comes to these billionaires that are wanting to go up there themselves before we go, is it one of those cases where they just want to try it out and see what it's like? are they helping, hoping that they are going to build more loyalty and trust in their brand? or both? you know, by signaling the day think it's safe and are willing to take that trip on their own . that's definitely a strong signal to investors and consumers. but also, i mean, space is cool, we can't deny it, like they want to experience it. and these are the guys that get to make that choice with all of the billions of dollars that they're investing in. and i'm sure they want to be the 1st ones out there, great inside. as always, aaron cagle, thank you so much for your time. that's all for now. you can catch boom bus on demand by downloa

spaceship new shepherd. >> we're auctioning off the first seat. >> reporter: blue origin, the spaceded by amazon's jeff bezos will launch bezos, his brother and the winner of that auction to the edge of the atmosphere for a view unlike any other. >> you see the earth from space, it changes you. it changes your relationship with the planet and humanity. it's one earth. i want to go on this flight because it's a thing i've wanted to do all my life. it's an adventure. it's a big deal for me. i invited my brother to come on this first flight because we're closest friends. >> reporter: bezos making that announcement just days ago. but joining bezos won't be cheap. the 11 minutes at the edge of space will cost at least $4.8 million. that's where bidding will start today. blue origin saying more than 7,500 people from 159 countries registered to bid on the july 20th flight. while some argue that these are billionaires going on a space joyride, astronautics researchers say it's more than that. >> it's going to create more opportunity to do science at a lower cost point. >> reporter: now at

blue origin could go public one of these days. becomes an alternative for investors who want to bet on the business. that is something to figure into the mix. matt: the election moon landing. dave wilson. thank you. talking to us about virgin galactic. this is bloomberg. ♪ (announcer) back pain hurts, and it's frustrating. you can spend thousands on drugs, doctors, devices, and mattresses, and still not get relief. now there's aerotrainer by golo, the ergonomically correct exercise breakthrough that cradles your body so you can stretch and strengthen your core, relieve back pain, and tone your entire body. since i've been using the aerotrainer, my back pain is gone. when you're stretching your lower back on there, there is no better feeling. (announcer) do pelvic tilts for perfect abs and to strengthen your back. do planks for maximum core and total body conditioning. (woman) aerotrainer makes me want to work out. look at me, it works 100%. (announcer) think it'll break on you? think again! even a jeep can't burst it. give the aer

a seat on the blue origin flight has sold at auction for $28 million. the so-far unidentified bidder will join amazon's jeff bezos and his brother and one other person on board the july 20th journey. we're expected to actually learn the winning bidder's identity before that 11-minute flight. nearly $30 million for a 11-minute flight. >> can't relate. >> you got it. >> i know, go to space. >>> coming up, hanging up the phone on e.t. when he calls. why a top psychiatrist is warning us to stop trying to communicate with extraterrestrials. >>> but first, the whale of a tale, involving a real-life jonah. that's next. you're watching "world news now." ♪ too many fish in the sea ♪ ♪ too many fish in the sea ♪ >>> and now to mona's favorite story of the morning. it wasn't a short one or a particularly kind one, but one really big fish in the sea is now making, uh, a whale of a tale. >> okay, it's coming from a lobster diver off cape cod who says he found himself inside the mouth of a whale. this morning, a cape cod lobster man is telling the ultimate whale tale

, jeff stays those announcing that he will fly on the 1st passenger flight of the space company blue origin and lift off at from one texas. but he's not going alone through want you to come with me. would you, are you, sir? i think it would be meaningful. my brother there, the bays, those brothers will take off on july 20th. and if all goes according to plan, jeff pays those who is worth a 100. $87000000000.00 will be the 1st billionaire space tycoon to experience a ride aboard. the rocket technology he has spent millions developing. i want to go on this flight because the thing i wanted to do all my life adventure. it's a big deal for me now. the capital named the new shepherd brock. it will take 6 people up and while the trip is only 11 minutes long, there is an option for just one seat that's valued now at $2800000.00. but all the profits will go to charity reporting in new york, trinity each other's r t and that's it for this time you get boom bus on demand on portable t v. the next time i i the the, i don't know, i mean there's some steps in there were rescuing the food that they were

and it's hope the triple us are in a new era of commercial space. travel through blue origin is facing stiff competition from eli must space ex still ahead on the news hour. there's one final twist before the olympic gold medalist simone bowels. that's a record on home soil before heading to focus. ah, the news. the news news news to me ah ah. ah. hello again time for the sports news with peter 3. thank you very much. know that chunk of a chance of either scared the french open to book a spot in the quarter finals. that will number one last the opening 2 sets against lawrence and with safety before the italian teenager retired in the 1st because the stomach issue elsewhere will them attain diego shelton as match the effort from last year, reaching the quarter finals of the beeping june. and the young lena roof will never tell me if you need to sit in this tournament and will play either. i found the doll younique's center in the call to american teenager coca golf has made some history at rosalind carols by reaching the quarter finals. the 17 year old stormed into the last 8 with a 636

the blue origin is a fully autonomy rocket means there's no pilot plane. this thing, it will take 6 passengers more than 60 miles. that's about 100 kilometers above the earth into what is called sept or but all space and not is high enough for the passengers to experience a few minutes. a wait list this and to look at these huge, beautiful windows to see the curvature of the planet before the capital returns to earth. and these higher flight shouldn't take a lot more than 11 minutes from start to finish. all right, i'm going to be one of the most expensive 11 minutes in the world. he's opening off one of the seats because him because he needs the money. exactly, exactly. that was moving. the price tag for this is currently at over $3000000.00. that's the highest bid right now, and that's 5, almost $500000.00 more than just a few hours ago. you know, the bidding really storing after base as there announced that he will be going on this trip as well. and this is really all part of, you know, the big billionaires base scrambled that. we've seen the recent yea

the blue origin is a fully autonomy rocket. mean there's no pilot plane. this thing. it will take 6 passengers more than 60 miles. that's about 100 kilometers above the earth into what is called sept or but all space and not is high enough for the passengers to experience a few minutes of weightlessness. and to look at these huge, beautiful windows to see the curvature of the planet before the capital returns to earth. and these higher flight shouldn't take a lot more than 11 minutes from start to finish. all right, i'm just going to be one of the most expensive 11 minutes in the world. he's opening off one of the seats because even because he needs the money. exactly, exactly, that was moving. the price tag for this is currently at over $3000000.00. that's the highest they right now, and that's 5, almost $500000.00 more than just a few hours ago. you know, the bidding really storing after base as there announced that he will be going on this trip as well. and this is really all part of, you know, the big billionaires base scramble that we've seen in recent years and

blue origin is facing stiff competition from ill on musk space, ex. ah . hello. the headlines on al jazeera, the leader of 2 military crews in less than a year, has been sworn in his model. these transitional presidents current last see me going to pledge to honor regional and international commitments and hold transparent selections. he's named opposition leader chug omega as prime minister. we didn't want them to put in this new situation, offered us the opportunity to put the process of transition back in the direction desired by the people in the challenges, unless the legitimate expectations of the people are big enough to proceed. we have to, according to the roadmap, implement the actions necessary for the success of the transition, notably the organization of credible fair and transparent elections that are held scheduled. if not, 2 trains have collided in southern pakistan, sin province killing at least 40 people. rescue workers are looking for passengers trapped in the wreckage. prime minister among con has called for an inquiry. israel's parliament has

as, as company blue origin plans to carry humans into space, the board, its new chef had rockets the 1st time next month. charlotte bellis has a story. when the 9 well, you know what they say they say going once. this is tourism for the ridge bidding to join amazon, found jeff bezos in a 10 minute trip to space. thank you. and that is sold $20000000.00 to number one. 021. this is the rocket. you ship it launching for his flight. in april basal space company blue origin, it will carry its 1st humans into space aboard new ship it on july 20th. and we have got new shepherd go inside the capture. we bagels, his brother, the yet to be named auction winner and a 4th anonymous person. let's get into what the flight itself is going to be like. it's about 10 times higher in altitude than your normal commercial jet flights. over the carmen line, that's when we're going to let our passengers on buckle get to experience about 3 minutes of weightlessness, the freedoms of 0. g. worth almost $200000000000.00 space also the world's richest man. he found that e commerce joined amazon in 1904, but in

that's the rocketship made by base own space company, the blue origin. and it's a fully autonomy rocket means there's no pilot plane. this thing, it will take 6 passengers more than 60 miles. that's about 100 kilometers above the earth into what is called sept or but all space and not is high enough for the passengers to experience a few minutes of weightlessness. and to look at these huge, beautiful windows to see the curvature of the planet before the capital returns to earth. and these higher flight shouldn't take a lot more than 11 minutes from start to finish. all right, and this is going to be one of the most expensive 11 minutes in the world. he's opening off one of the seats because him because he needs the money. exactly. exactly that the was moving. the price tag for this is currently at over $3000000.00. that's the highest they right now. and that's 5, almost 500000 more than just a few hours ago. you know, the bidding really storing after base as they're announced that he will be going on this trip as well. and this is really all part of, you

blue origin is facing stiff competition from elan mosques, base x. richard, where it says a professor aerospace engineering at the university of california, los angeles, and directed plasma and space propulsion live. he's joining us from los angeles. thanks for your time with us. how big a deal is this? it's not really a big deal from the fence of aerospace technologies or, or launch vehicles. this is really about just commercial space space flight for, for wealthy people that would like to to launch into say it's really a high altitude. you're not launching into orbit. so it's not really a big deal because you're really just launching too high altitude and then coming back to earth. right. only understand that laser won't be in space for that long, just about 11 minutes. so is that what you're referring to? yeah, yeah. so i hope he'll be just in space for 11 minutes, basically is going to up to about 100 kilometers hill and then he'll just come back down. right. gravity pull instead of it to go to orbit takes about 10 times the rocket. so to go into

you ship it launching for to flight in april basis space company blue origin. it will carry its 1st humans into space aboard and ship it on july 20th. and we have with us go new shepherd, go inside the capture. we bagels his brother, the yet to be named auction winner and a 4th anonymous person. let's get into what the flight itself is going to be like. it's about 10 times higher in altitude than your normal commercial jet flights over the carman line. that's when we're going to let our passengers on buckle get to experience. about 3 minutes of weightlessness, the freedoms of 0. g worth almost $200000000000.00 space also the world's richest man. he founded e commerce joined amazon in 1994. but in this month, his last day ceo will be on july 5th. there is no pivoting toward space. this is glue mood. we've been working on this land or for 3 years. it's a very large lander. it's time to go back to the moon this time to stay the space race between one pallet 2 decades ago. bilinear investors have joined in recent years, phase offices and competition with virgin col

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blue origin is facing stiff competition from ill on musk space. working on the slander for 3 years, ah, here's a check up. the headlines on al jazeera, the leader of 2 military coups in less than a year, has been sworn in as molly's transitional, president, credible, see me going to pledge to honor regional and international commitments and whole trans there and elections. he's name the opposition leader children micah as prime minister. we get them to this new situation offered us the opportunity to put the process of.

blue origin and branson's virgin galactic see a future with sub orbital space tour chl.rything from putting satellites in orbit, launch pad at the kennedy space center and more recently nasa's contract to fly astronauts to the moon. now in april, nasa decided to move forward with musk's company spacex as the sole contractor for the human landing system. there are six seats on the new shepherd space flight, one will be auctioned to a lucky space tourist. current high bid $3.5 million. july 20th the anniversary of the moon landing 52 years ago. you know what, it's also just 15 days after bezos steps down as amazon ceo. he'll remain as the company's executive chairman on a rocket ship raising questions no doubt about risk taking in the corporate suite, you guys. amazon is a sprawling corporate empire, whole foods, ring security system, prime air with its executive chairman in space. for 11 minutes. br brianna? >> would you go? >> this is not on any of my bucket lists. even if i had the money, which i don't, i would not go to space. >> would you? >> you know, before i had ki

the money will be donated to blue origin's foundationing chie stem-based careers. is is bloomberg. ♪ emily: republican senator marsha blackburn of tennessee has been highly critical of dr. anthony fauci, saying he knew more about the origins of covid-19 and he stated publicly. she told me she believe big tech companies like facebook held back covid-19 information. take a listen. >> one of the things we are looking at is the coziness between dr. fauci and mark zuckerberg. the chain of emails there. and then you look at what big tech did. what facebook did saying we are going to disallow any of the posts that have to do with the wuhan lab leak theory, which was definitely plausible because we knew our diplomatic scientists had complained about this lab. we knew there were concerns in 2018 about this lab. and some of their practices and processes. when it comes to big tech and the fact that so many people receive their news over social media, big tech has a lot of's in with the american public can say and hear and say. this was one of their overreaches. because of the

jeff bezos set to take one of his blue origin rockets to the edge of space on july 20th.eap for mankind. >> reporter: forget the last space race. neil armstrong and nasa won that hands down. this space race is going to be much closer, and one corner west texas actually amazon's jeff bezos, the founder of space tourism business blue origin and just up the road in netflix virgin galactic founder richard branson. both have launched successful test flights preparing for future paying passengers. >> and we have liftoff. >> reporter: bezos' blue origin will carry up to six passengers remote control, rocketing into sub orbit for three minutes of flying weightless. virgin galactic is building a fleet of spaceships, carrying six passengers for the ride of their lives and a spectacular view. but which billionaire will go first? this week bezos announced he will join the first passenger flight on july 20th. the anniversary of that first moon landing. >> it changes your relationship with the planet, with humanity. >> reporter: and bringing his brother, mark. >> i want you to come wit