First Paying Customer on New Shepard Will Be the Youngest to Fly to Space

[bpierre]

https://www.blueorigin.com/news-archive/first-customer-on-new-shepard

[elliekelly]

> The winner of Blue Origin’s auction, who has asked to remain anonymous at this time, has chosen to fly on a future New Shepard mission due to scheduling conflicts.

What scheduling conflict could you possibly have that’s more important than your planned spaceflight?

It’s also a bit odd they make no mention of how this young man was selected as the buyer’s alternate.

[evgen → elliekelly]

The young man was 'selected' by daddy, who bought the seat as the runner-up in the auction.

[pimlottc → elliekelly]

Yes, it’s very unclear. Is the original buyer paying for this teenager too? Or was he was a separate bidder, perhaps the runner-up?

[Rizz → pimlottc]

He was one of the runner-ups. His father owns an investment firm.