Jeff Bezos says he wants to fly into space “as soon as possible”

Jeff Bezos, not a member of the Hair Club for Men, in Blue Origin's rocket factory. (credit: Eric Berger)

The thickly coiffed Sy Sperling gained a measure of fame as the founder of the Hair Club for Men in the 1980s and 1990s with commercials that reminded viewers he wasn’t just the president of the company, he was “also a client.” For Jeff Bezos, it’s much the same. No, the close-shaven, balding-pate Bezos decidedly isn’t a member of the hair club. Rather, he’s not just the founder of Blue Origin, he also intends to fly into space aboard its New Shepard spacecraft.

And is he ever excited about this. Oh yes. This week, while pointing out the large windows in the New Shepard on the floor of his rocket factory, Bezos talked expansively about what it would be like to ride into space aboard the vehicle for the first time. The seats recline, he explained, with each of the six inside the spacecraft facing its own window.

But the spacecraft won’t just offer a room with a view. Passengers will feel the effect of rocketing into space. During ascent, passengers will experience 3 to 4Gs, and up to 5Gs during descent, although the maximum g-forces will last only for about 10 seconds.

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