Winning bid for a seat on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin spacecraft goes for $28 million

Jeff Bezos inside a New Shepard Crew Capsule mockup.
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The first tourist on Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft will pay $28 million for the trip to the edge of space.
The company began taking bids last month for a seat on the spacecraft in its first crewed trip set for July 20.
The winner of the auction will fly on the spacecraft with Jeff Bezos and his brother for 11 minutes.
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