"How it felt? Oh my God!": Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin crew speak after spaceflight
The first Blue Origin crew to fly into space - owner Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, aviation trailblazer Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen - held a press conference after landing to talk about their experience. Watch their remarks.
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Remember kids: if you study hard, get good grades, go to a good college, get a job, work hard, never take a sick day, live within your means and do what you're told ... then one day your boss might go to space. 😑
Looks like someone is jealous
@@Leo-rb9sp ya is that a problem?
Bs
Reminder: even if you somehow get to space, nothing can stop you from breathing and blinking manually.
Make your own company then.
The midlife crisis of a billionaire
Yeah😅
IKR 🤣 🤣 🤣
@melissa cason lol people hate intelligence but I love you !
@Max Everett 💀💀💀
Not sure Bezos has reached adolescence let alone midlife! Can I order a case of that Bozos Spirit from Amazon?🦄
They're literally interviewing the luggage.
Basically.
Cringe looking at them feeling proud like astronauts spent months in space.
@@food4Dsoul17 if you look at Oliver Daemon's Wikipedia page it now refers to him as a "commercial astronaut" 🤣 This ain't nothing more than a rollercoaster with a good view
People keep arguing with me “well 8000 meters blah blah is technically space blah blah!” seriously, shut up… like it was said above me, this was nothing more than an expensive roller coaster ride.
@@toesandfingers spoiled rich kid wants credit for sitting on his a$$, a story as old as time.
Jeff 30 years ago " I'm gonna sell books online and then become the richest man in the world and then head to space one day" can you imagine the laughter of anyone listening?
People meme on him but he’s built an empire from the ground up, pretty inspirational stuff
yeah inspiring man, inspiring
It would be inspiring if he did something constructive with his incredible wealth, but joyrides in near-space are just displays of ego.
@@randydoak6638 If you look at the larger purpose of his space program, it IS constructive.
@@randydoak6638 Its his money, not yours. He can do whatever he wants with it.
Bill Gates got to be the richest man on the planet again for a few minutes
LMAOOOOO
bill ain’t even the second richest
Pretty sure Elon Musk is #2 right now, and has previously been #1 too. They keep alternating.
Actually it’s the LV guy but good one
bruh
Something about this feels wrong. I want to be happy for them. But I can't stop thinking about those overworked, underpaid, and enslaved employees that work at Amazon.
All that work just so that these billionaires could toss skittles into each other’s mouths in zero G
because you are pathetic and haven't achieved something great as Amazon and Jeff Bezos. You are deep down jealous. Jeff Bezos didn't steal his way to be a billionaire. Look at his contribution to society before you hate him.
@@pstha4537 so if I can be successful then I am justified in the path of abusing my labor force? What??? Bro listen to yourself please yikes.
@@pstha4537 it’s not even a matter of jealously. Literally pointing out the things that are considered horrible or inhumane by some is a way of jealously? We’re not despising him because “we’re poor and he’s rich”-we despise him because how he cashes in those dollars off of people that are squeezed til their last drop. Please find a better argument thank you.
@@turky398 how is he abusing his labor force? They do pay well.
"I want to thank every Amazon employee for getting such a low salary in order for me to go to space. You paid for this!"
Most Amazon employees aren't even salary pay🤣
@@jerek2251 if one has a job, at the end of the year they have an annual salary but I understand what you're saying
Thats sad how rude of him
What he really meant to say
They're contractors or paid by the hour. So even worse.
For the 1st 2 minutes I was thinking the bald guy next to Jeff Bezos was Jeff Bezos.
Same!!
Why were they so fascinated with catching skittles in their mouths? I would be glued to the window.
They act like they just went on a mission when they just went on a quick ride lol
To refer to these individuals as "Astronauts" or even "Crew" is disrespectful and an insult to "true" astronauts (those who have work hard, trained hard, circled the earth, and beyond). These individuals did nothing but go for a joy ride. They are simply passengers.
Agreed. Why not just call them "space travellers"?
I agree
Agree. People died to develop this technology and they also did more than this over 50 years ago. I believe this is part of a plan to turn space travel into an upper class only sport or profession. I think we are seeing the sunset of blue collar folks from the military, sciences and education going up there.
@@PeepersT It always has been that way. Once frontiers have been visited by brave men risking their lives and made it safe to visit, rich people will turn them into luxury hotels to visit. Then the frontiers have to be pushed forward. When Bezos goes visiting to lower orbit, the frontier workers will be visiting Mars. Later, Bezos (or some other billionaire) will set up a hotel in Mars.
They went on a Star Trek
So that kid paid 20 million to eat skittles and play hand ping pong in space lol
And I can’t can’t get a text back 😏😏😏😏
Every time you think your job is hard, or wonder where your career is going, always remember: Somewhere out there is a man with years of training, optimal fitness, immense discipline and multiple degrees who has to fly a billionaire in a cowboy costume to space.
Nope, no pilot. That little hop to the edge of our atmosphere was fully automated. This,was the,16th successful autonomous launch by BO.
That person gets paid to do that, so what's wrong? I never bother doing my job to get paid.
The medal part was the most narcacistic thing ive seen in a while
😭 peak dystopian vibes
Flys in space once , becomes a professional astronaut
99% hype and 1% innovation.
Define innovation?
Yeah dude. A rocket launching people to space and landing autonomously must make up the 1%.
@Code Cody @Joseph tshingles No, it’s called being realistic. You’re telling me that a capsule that uses parachutes to land back on earth is innovative? Nope. Done by NASA countless of times.
@@yoko3891 No? I find a completely autonomous launch and landing innovative. Weird how you skipped that part even though I literally noted it in my comment.
@@MrCHAMMOND autonomous launch and landing innovative? That’s it? I mean those those two things can fit into my 1% analysis. 0.5% launch and 0.5% landing. Happy? You have a low bar for what constitutes innovation.
Is this anyone else’s first time hearing Jeff’s voice? A lot more California stoner sounding than I expected 😂
Whydya think hes got the hider 🎩, nowt wrong with that !!
Yeah I've never heard his voice before now. I never even knew he existed until it was anounced that he was the richest man in the world back in 2017.
He's still an a$$hole that routinely violates human rights.
Doesn't seem like him, unless he aged 10yrs in the last yr..
Look up old videos of him talking, he used to have a pretty feminine voice. It was light enough I used to wonder if he was gay. His voice is totally different now. This dude has definitely been taking hella testosterone, which also explains why he’s been so ripped the past couple years.
Yeah right. You went up to space so you could look down on it and say "I own that place"...
Im here to see Wally
She is an inspiration! I am so glad she finally got to go to space after so many tries and disappointments.. She truly deserved this more that any of them, even Bezos!
They experience weightlessness NOT because they are in space, but because they are FALLING. You get the same sensation from skydiving, which I do all the time. Even on the ISS, weightlessness is because you are FALLING, but you have enough lateral speed to keep missing the Earth as you fall. That’s called orbit. Basic physics. Wonder if the kid woke up with a hangover this morning thinking, “I spent $25M on an amusement park ride?”
Does this have the feeling of a weird cult or something?
Yes he’s one of the true rulers of the world
@@jefferyepstein9210 Jealous much? As for cults, look no further than ReTrumplicans cultists and QNutjob wingnut sycophants.
Nah, Thats just leftover Trauma from the Last Administrations Failures.
Or That Gaetz and Taylor couple.
@@nebtheweb8885 Trump is in with them as well
We humans want to see video of the cockpit of the spacecraft from blastoff to highest orbit with that video of the experience.
You asked. kzhead.info/sun/ab6Dl8yBommViXk/bejne.html
The real outer space is very dark. It takes a lot longer to get there.
That will be on Prime video $12.99 month please thank you
He got Jeff's pin on soooooo fast, took an hour with everybody elses.
Putting the pens on what a freaking joke. I stopped watching it. The whole sky was a complete Papas sanctimonious idiot. God damn, you think they just made it to the moon and back in a Gondola
@@steveperreira5850 maybe you don't understand the significance of what they just did!
@@steveperreira5850 Total cringe.
Eerr @@steveperreira5850 is
he was intimidated
Since when did Jeff Bezos become a roided out cowboy? He doesn’t even sound the same.
Jeff sounds like Spicolli. "Aloha Mr. Hand"
It’s just for look. A poser if you will
That is not Bezos
For years. He started working out years ago, prob roids, T and HGH. What's new are the fillers and botox and cowboy hat. That's the new gf's influence.
Clone.
After Bezos comments about Amazon employees, they should all not show up for work and demand more money.
SA pushing an agenda again eh?
The fact that Hector is gonna be running three Honda Civics with Spoon engines. On top of that, he just came into Harry'sm and ordered three T66 turbos with NOS and a Motec system exhaust.
Lol
That kid’s grin though . Awesome
BEST ADVERTISING EVER FOR SKITTLES !!!
Huh?
they used the term "International astronauts" to signify that Richard Branson did not cross the Karman line 4:04 how petty 🤣
The title alone should make you feel uncomfortable knowing what the shape of the rocket looks like lol.
Lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Virgin was way nicer
😂
This was an incredible feat... Congrats to everyone on your panel... I can't help but to see this as a massive promotional piece.
I wanna go. Wally seems like such a kind, nice, lady.
Wally is in fact a blast to hang out with! She's amazing!
I feel sorry for what happened to Wally. She was the only one that I was happy for.
@@PeepersT NASA didn’t allow female astronauts until around the start of the Space Shuttle Program.
Well deserved Wally, training 3000+ pilots, Bozos alright boss.
They keep calling them “the crew”…..(a crew actually man’s and operates the craft)….they were the passengers….they rode it up and rode it down. I am happy they got to be passengers on this eleven minute flight, as it was a once in a lifetime experience. We appreciate the technology and all the effort that went into this. All the hard work and planning is impressive.
Jeff said the earth appears so small from space and wally says "it was so black.. thought I would see the world, but we didn't go high enough". That was odd to me.
Cuz she is a real astronaut
Because they are lying no one didnt went to space
Flat earth 100% ...Jeff tries to quiet her when she is saying this comment too...also earlier Jeff says how "thin and fragile " earth is...hhhmmmm? Look out the windows...no curvature either! Lol
The whole thing is a sham. You really think the richest man in the world is gonna get on a rocket and go 350,000 feet in the air then get dropped to potentially die tragically in front of the whole world? And that old lady said i was better and stronger than all the men, c’mon.
Nope they are using her quote in news articles. Saying she wasn't too impressed with the flight hahaha. I knew her saying that would cause issue
Wow 18 years old
wally's a hugger
Literally just a ceremony for them just messing around in space
🤣
Where's the Elon admiration, not first? Blue Origin is FAB😇
We don’t even know what they did because they couldn’t manage an interior camera…
@@blackmarketyardsale they just flew around in circles and ate skittles
Right. Why make it so “for mankind-ish” just celebrate that you’re going to space on a joyride. That’s cool points enough one would think 😂
For that ego trip cost they could have ended world hunger
No you couldn't it's been disproven
Most technologies always started as toys for the rich. Cars and planes both first started out as toys for the rich, over time they became cheaper as new technology was created. This is a good thing because over time space flight will get cheaper and we will be able to travel faster around the world for tickets around the price of airplane tickets. 50 years from now Blue Origin will be an airspace agency we will book the same way we’d book American Airlines.
Great job guys and lady! Happy all went well for you .
Jeff dont thank anyone..pay them better..its simple..a thank u doesnt to much when ur workers dont make much and do most of the work🖕🏽
@@rothirapizza that’s because 15 is minimum wage for a job in the warehouse like amazon needs to be more because of work conditions on top of that the guy revenue is so much you telling me he can’t pay his employees more?
@@rothirapizza well I'm sure if he too had 300k from daddy to start a company he'd be able to employ a bunch of people. Quit bootlicking
@@anthonycekic4509 well im sure he will run that company to bankruptcy lol
@@Kpop_stole_foids_fromcurrycell Yeah just like Trump did on all his ventures.
Does everything seem cheesy and forced? Idk big congrats to blue origin!!
Virgin was much cooler. Beso's rocket looks like the 1960's
I hope this intrigues a new generation for future endeavors to explore beyond our limits.
Dude. Theres so many channels and people who put genuine time and work into the space community and industry. All these pricks will intrigue is the next generation of stuck up fools wholl want to be able to afford to go to space, not to actually want to go to space. That's the issue here
Space is fake.
@@woolworthmotorsportsmotors5884 what happens when you witness a launch yourself....so many paid actors 🤯 Lmfao I really hope you’re trolling though
@@woolworthmotorsportsmotors5884 ikr, Jeff Bezos isnt real either
@@kavalogue without a doubt, just doesn’t get the mass media attention.
It looks AWESOME up there. Jeff's interactions with Oliver were quite interesting. He really went out of his way to make him a part of the whole experience. The skittle catch by Oliver was great.
This is ridiculous
They didn't went anywhere, the rocket went up and a minute later it was coming right down 🤔
So will we now be able to buy a Blue Origin "New Shepard" Rocket on Amazon? 🚀
abc to come to space with me
The German V2 rocket the first manmade object to reach space 109 miles up back in 1943, like they say never forget.
The resemblance between Lauren Sanchez and jack Nicholson as the joker in Batman is uncanny
Knowing that i will never have the chance to be in zero gravity makes me sad....
If all you people had your way, Christopher Columbus never would have set out across the Atlantic because things weren't perfect in Spain. The Wright brothers would have been shunned and shamed for working on a flying contraption while the common man suffered, and NASA would have died in it's crib because the US wasn't perfect and the money should have been spent elsewhere. Such shortsightedness.
An 18 year old rockets into space. His parents must have nerves of steel. Congratulations to them all!
And a huge wallet
This is nothing but a pathetic display of the super rich proving money can buy anything.
Kinda true but also pessimistic. Let's all just stay on the planet until the sun finally explodes. No reason to go beyond the clouds.
👍👍👍👍
Hater
Show us video of the event.
Thanks for sharing
So you have the youngest, the oldest and the richest person to have ever gone to space. What about the last guy?
He's the Whitest.
Jeff said it expect himself... Youngest,oldest,funniest, richest
White people rule
Best looking!
Brother of the richest guy
To be honest I don't understand the hype lol. It was only like 8-12 mins flight and barley made it to space lol
even Alan Shepards flight in 61 lasted 15 minutes and he went like 85,000 meters higher
Anyone reminded of “Space Cowboys”? 🤠
What an ad, sign me up😂😂
So..when this gets going and it's essentially an amusement park ride(for the wealthy), then its set up will be that the customers immediately exit the capsule and subsequently make their way through the Blue Origin gift shop to buy their group picture..the one where they are floating with zero gravity...pretty cool
@melissa cason it was a joke sweet cheeks. Don't be a snooty db.
@@mikeblaisdell9807 people got thin skin nowadays😂😂”How dare you insult the the Great Bezo!!! You will be banished from ever speaking again , and you are on the next flight to planet exile! “, probably the thought going through the mind of this commentor lmao
@melissa cason I guess I also missed the point of what these space flights are about. Something about saving the planet? Bezos is a billionaire off of people's mass consumption of mostly Ch1n4 made goods, so........
I wonder if there was a bathroom or they just went in bottles
They probably just peed in the cabin and watched it float around, and poked at it with straws.
u don't need bathroom when you have famiy
mark looks more like jeff bezos than jeff bezos
I would love to know what Jeff has in his blood system.
Greed.
Spinach
More money than your peon brain can process
@@devinstorm5778 Lol saying it like your the wealthiest man on the planet😂😂 Buddy you are in that category of being a peon, and technically everyone here does. Lmao
Wally hustling hard for another free trip! Jeff thinking, "enough freebies, time to start cashing in!".
Thumbs up for Wally Funk!
Hello nice talk, can I be your friend can you write me on hangout so we can chat privately
Amazing! Can't wait for the future
Watching from the Jungle of Zambia, Africa, I love this Video!
I'm so happy for Wally. For having to wait 60 years to go to space.
This is so historic. I don't think people realize this is the beginning of something special and huge.
Do real astronauts get sapphires too every time they go into space?
I have known this man for how long but this is the first time i ever heard him speak
dude this thing was so crammed... I think it's ok for 2 or 3 people but 4....
Yeah walle said that and she was on point.
So, when is Bezos going to pay taxes??? Never!!! 🤬🤬🤬
How much did Jeff donate and how much did his ex wife donate ?
Just because you haven't received a direct payment from him in the shape of government assistance it doesnt mean he doesn't pay
focus on your self and be successful, what if he pay taxes, what will you gain from it, Jeff bezos paying taxes will not make your life better, if you want to grow in life mind your business.
When are the mega churches going to pay taxes?
When is Trump going to pay his taxes?
Jeff: okay burn down that will & testament, I'm back!
Blue Origin: Eco-friendly fuel, big windows, higher attitude above karman line, but very bad small space to enjoy everything, expensive. Virgin Galactic: Much cheaper, big space to float around, but harmful fuel, small windows, lower altitude!
Virgin has wings and wheels to land back down, Origin relies on parachutes which is a concern to me at the moment.
Virgin to me feels like it's the most likely to reach the average Joe. Besides I think blue origin is kinda lame and looks like a ****. Virgin looks safer, smarter, and better all the way through.
Jeff's immediate thinking of going to the moon was great.
Now that’s something I’d shell out tens of thousands of dollars for. Then again it’d be kinda scary until they get the kinks ironed out 😅
Only took them about 20 years to get this far. I bet the moon will be no problem in say, another 40 years at that rate if I'm being generous.
Think about all of this what you want, but i am happy for Jeff, because you see it's really a dream coming true for him.
wally funk was my flight instructor at Roanoke, Texas
You weren’t even allowed to connect the space station lol
Why is he so hated, compared to other billionaires?
Because he’s short and not as good looking
If Blue Origin’s price fee will be higher than Virgin Galactic, that will be just overpriced. Virgin Galactic’s spaceship is way better and very comfortable for its passengers just like a regular airplane cabin. And how they land is in the airport not like blue origin’s parachutes in the dessert. Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft is way better looking and comfortable inside no doubt about it. So don’t be Blue Origin - price this higher than Virgin Galactic. That’s just hilarious.
@ila1964 and so as Electra Records and Blackened Records, Vertigo Records and Geffen Records just to name a few.
I had my nasa shirt on in support for you today! Congratz!!! 😁
Been waiting for this AFTER...
Jeff just wants to Thank the little people the customers that bought items on Amazon and workers that toiled and slaved to make him rich and afford this space flight
Just think, this guy started with one package in a garage. People hate him, but did they make it happen? No! He deserves it! 100% congratulations man! Now, why isn't my package here yet??!! Lol
😞 you really believe that?
@@jimmythemuscle9612 believe what?
How did it feel Wally ? Oh my God. It was almost as good as my pocket rocket.
They should get rid of that round table thingy in the middle of the capsule so future customers can do forward rolls and somersaults etc while they are in zero G.
WTH they should give badges to those who made the rocket.
If he's rich enough to go to space, he's rich enough to pay his taxes.
Oh stfu
@@juanjr3917 We got ourselves a boot licker here!
Why do they think we care about rich ppl in space
You're here aren't ya
I want to see space! This is so amazing!
Hello nice talk, can I be your friend can you write me on hangout so we can chat privately
Wait they have Amelia Earhart goggles wasnt she lost at sea during that flight.???
My thoughts exactly
Maybe “Wally” is Amelia Earhart 😂😂😂😂😂
_"Wait they have Amelia Earhart goggles wasnt she lost at sea during that flight.??? "_ - Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932. The goggles are from that flight. In 1937, during an attempt at becoming the first female to complete a circumnavigational flight of the globe, she disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island.
@@nebtheweb8885 thank you!
Makes you wonder what ELSE Jeff Bezos owns that we don't know about! 😳☠️
Incredible! People should be excited about this, not jealous!
Seriously. Gotta hate haters
Weightless .. as natural as being in your mother's womb 💕
eVeRy dAY iS a wInDiNg rOAdddddd
That rocket had a very interesting shape
We float in the womb that's why
Does that mean a person who just sat in a F1 car becomes a formula 1 racer.. This is an insult to the real astronauts
It's just a marketing thing. But still very few people have been above the Karmen line, less than 1,000 ever. So it's still pretty cool.
Just sitting in the car doesn't mean you raced it. They went to space. Period
@@donniesponseller2460 Sitting in a space ship for 10min doesn't mean your an astronaut
5:29 I came here for this 😐😐
Congratulations Mr. Oliver, you are officially the youngest space tourist world is gonna remember for a very long time.