First Seat on Blue Origin's Upcoming Space Tourism Flight Sells for $28 Million USD

Blue Origin, the commercial spaceflight company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has sold the very first seat on its maiden voyage for $28 million USD.The company announced the auction winner on Saturday, though the name of the soon-to-be space explorer has not yet been released. According to Blue Origin, nearly 7,600 people registered to bid from 159 countries.The winning bidders will fly aboard the New Shepard for its first official suborbital flight on July 20. Bezos, who steps down from his...