Former NASA Astronaut Explains Jeff Bezos's Space Flight | WIRED
Astronaut Mike Massimino attempts to explain what Jeff Bezos's space flight will be like, in just about the same amount of it will take for Jeff to take the flight. The Blue Origin flight lasts about 11 minutes, there's no pilots and it's totally automated. Mike breaks down all the steps of the flight and tires to best to explain what Jeff will experience while in space.
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He's talking to us like we will be on the flight sometime.
Commercialized.
Probably your kids or grandkids
The only hurdle is the fact that it's gonna be an absurd amount of money.
@@Danwheeler. Not once it becomes a common thing. And with all these space companies rising up, it wouldnt be too long.
Exactly!😂hahaha!
Dont let him back to earth without charging him for shipping and handling.
If the space engineer wants do good for humanity, then make sure to launch Bezos into outer space without a path to return to earth. Meanwhile we will use his riches to diminish the impact of climate catastrophe here on our planet earth.
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@@Cyanidal187 stfu commie
😂
@@hbhatt wanting billionaires to solve world problems is not communism kid.
I love that spaceships are literally like, hey do want to sit on this explosion for a few minutes to go to space.
you know who else wants to sit on this explosion
@@Yeah_itsJohn definitely me
Whenever anyone says 'astronaut' My mind : Howard Wolowitz 😂
You know that this is one of the astronauts that went to space with howard
@@hamidibrahim9875 when the video started, I was like “hold up! This is the main astronaut Howard talks to!” That’s insane. I didn’t know he was a real astronaut
Fruit Loops! 😂
Yes he is the mass guy he gave Howard the name froot loops
Actually fruit loops!!! :D :D
In the words of Austin Powers, "His spaceship looks like a giant.... JOHNSON!!!"... lol
Bezos even looks a lot like Dr Evil!
Bro 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I know! Isn't it!
I k R
😂😂
Mike as astronaut flew into space for all humanity. Through him and fellow NASA astronauts the past decades, we all went to space. Bezos, flew into space for himself, and we got to watch so we could be awed over Jeff himself. How fitting the shape of his rocket.
I felt like I’m sitting in a spacecraft and he is the tour leader guy giving us a talk about the flight starting in the next few minutes.
I really like the new Amazon Prime 10 minute delivery.
Make sure you thank the workers before using that, they're suffering for your convenience. It's the least Bezos did.
@@lilelo208 suffering? you've been on Twitter a bit too long
@@ronb123 I don't use Twitter. Are you okay?
Hilarious 😂
Imagine just gazing at the night sky and seeing Jeff Bezos flying around in space..
This sentence started out poetic and went weird real fast ^^
And all Amazon employees simultaneously give him the finger.
@@jonplaud 😂
🤣🤣🤣
@@jonplaud at this rate he won’t need the rocket
Convince me this guy doesn’t run a deli
somewhere in new jersey
He makes a great Sub
He’ll slap you with a cannoli ya mook
@@Vespertilio-Homo Pork Roll or Taylor Ham will prove this.
Mike the Deli guy: you know I been to space don’t ya?
This "space" flight was the most petty event in history. They even have themselves congratulatory pins at the end.
He should’ve painted it red. Headline reads: “Bezos’ Red Rocket puts just the tip into space.”
69 likes lol
Do you think Bezos would actually ride on a rocket considering how much money he has. I don't. It was Faked
@@popwarner8029 why wouldnt he go to space lmao
@@popwarner8029 bruh, did you even read your own post?
@@josephstalin7353 yes, he did. Good thing he had the tinfoil hat, otherwise logic and common sense would've kicked in.
Mike Massimino is a Hero of Mine since His First appearance on TBBT
Fruit loops
Massimino was a "passenger" on the shuttle. Hardly an expert on the subject.
Is there a reason for your capitalizing of almost each word in your sentence? 🙄
@@kimberlyking9523 No, it is only auto-correction
I didn’t even know he was an actual astronaut haha.
Mike Massimino was great on "The Big Bang Theory"
Ahh thats y he so familiar
nobody was great on the big bang theory. it’s the big bang theory. the absolute nadir of modern television comedy
Jeff Bezos- Uses more fuel in 13 minutes than you could in your lifetime. Also Jeff Bezos-"I have an all new commitment to climate change"
Wrong comparisons but whatever. Not like people you have the iq to differentiate between normal fuels and the hydrogen and oxygen used by blue origin for their rockets.
@@lelouchvibritannia1788 wrong way to go about that comment but whatever. Not like people like you have the patience or skill to educate
Al Gote and Obama own monster homes on the beach. “The restrictions are for thee not for me”
@@The_Real_Daniel true, I don't, if you are going to criticise someone publicly, atleast have the decency to read up/research about it before spreading misinformation lmao.
@@lelouchvibritannia1788 did we just become best friends?
Amazon employees be hoping he doesn’t come back lmao 😂
U know he's not the ceo right?
@@thierry4188 he is the owner
@@lookherelooklisten7850 He is an owner. He owns 12%.
Don't we all
@@YoosufMuneer 10.3% you mean...
I still can’t get over paying $28 million for an 11 minute ride
Not cheap but it’s a charity auction so that money went to a good cause.
You can ride me for free
@@masterofpuppets5072 lol wtf
@@hbhatt like I said
you will if you still have about $99,9972,000,000 left in your pocket after that.
"I wanna figure out how that experience will have changed them" is a nice way of telling billionaires to use their wealth to help the planet for once
Jeffy will probably just develop an even stronger god complex. Nothing will change - he/Amazon will continue paying less tax than the average American, while millions are on the verge of being destitute. 😂😂😂
Are you both against space travel because it costs money? There have been done on the costs associated with space exploration. You are forgetting that these programs employ thousands and thousands of people giving them all great living wages. Another huge point you’re both missing is that these programs are actually investments mlk During Apollo for every $1 spent it returned $7. Space flight today returns $40 for every dollar spent! Governments should be held responsible to provide clean drinking water not private citizens.
@@nastystang113 You’re right. I absolutely hate people like these. They study gender studies and think that they are educated about economics and business, while thinking that socialism is the best system out there when theres people whom suffered through it.
@@BooksRebound what major difference? How isnt space exploration not a ‘major difference’?
@@BooksRebound What problems? What Problems are u trying to solve? And also remember ‘net worth’ is not how much they have in the bank.
Billionaires are so high above us they’re literally in space...👀
God is always higher.
@@mikedavirgo Relatively.
@@mikedavirgo do you really have to bring religion into everything
@@mikedavirgo god isnt real
@@mikedavirgo what's he smoking?
I’m so appalled that nobody offered a seat to an actual astronaut for the first flight. If I was JB, I would totally want an experienced astronaut to go with me because I would learn SO MUCH about what I’m seeing and things that are just mind blowing to the human brain.
It just gives me goosebumps when people talk about being in space.
Ok.
It’s not real sheep
@@hmsoundsofnaturetv9067 Pathetic..
Astronaut Massimino you are amazing. You are the astronaut I relate to the most in my lifetime. The one I have seen the most. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. :)
Hey, that astronaut was in The Big bang theory 😃
Well remembered, fruit loops
So was Professor Proton
@@InfamousROC I am surprised that Howard, being smart, and while planning to earn the callsign, had not learned in the process that the callsigns are ALWAYS "derogatory". It is totally the most notorious thing about them.
Actors
So was Bob Newhart and Dr. Stephen Hawking.
"Hello fruit loops..." 😂
"But I had rocket man as my ringtone"
I was waiting to find a Tbbt comment
@@milichawla2675 same here
I love these real astronaut interviews on this subject... ever so gently and with ever so much class, they low-key trolling on these space tourists... "just a few minutes" "they go up, they come down" "no need for your body to readjust after such a short ride"
Another great interview with Mike. I hope WIRED keeps bringing Mike back for his point of view.
Really cool stuff, maybe someday this will be affordable to a lot more people. The voiceover was pretty bad.
Maybe healthcare will be affordable too
@Soup Can After looking at this, i am sure the only future humanity is going to have is what happened in movie Elysium, the rich will become filthy rich and leave this planet while poor will rot here with no resources. A dystopia is what future is having in store for us.
@Soup Can You too Stay safe .
If the space engineer wants do good for humanity, then make sure to launch Bezos into outer space without a path to return to earth. Meanwhile we will use his riches to diminish the impact of climate catastrophe here on our planet earth.
With Elon here it could be sooner than you think.
"I could be the flight attendant..." 🤣👏🏻 I think they should be honoured that he wants to go up in their craft, quite honestly! I'm pretty sure Wally didn't pay $28 mil. She was the one person that made me SO happy about that flight. She deserved that more than anyone, and her reaction was just priceless. No money in the world could make up for that kind of utter joy she experienced 😍
It would be a great prank if as soon as Jeff Bezos was able to see the whole planet, he just goes "wow it really is flat"
Bezos, the wonky eye android. The only thing that's going into space is the creatures' imagination.
@@kindaclassykindachola and him though...
Never thought we would live in a world were we celebrate billionaires play with their toys
That's one way of looking at it I guess
if it's the only way to advance space flight? sure
No one bats an eye when a kid is playing with lego.
It’s a great step that humanity is taking. Air travel used to only be for the mega-rich. Now it’s for everyone, and space travel will become the same.
@@grapefruit9308 I hope so.
Of all the Astronauts that have gone on TV to tell of their experiences and whatever else they’ve been involved with, this guy is probably the best in terms of not boring us of “When I did this” or “When I did that. . .” He’s not full of himself and just seems down to earth (no pun intended).
11:20. I like how he plugged his résumé.
"This is a new way that people can get to space". Yea, if one has tens of millions of dollars.
@D. W. If you say so. The common man has no chance of even doing this, opposed to going to actual space.
@@robertmcnearny9222 well I suppose it would be a bit easier if you don’t plan on coming back.
@@robertmcnearny9222 well its always like this at first same thing happened with cars and tv
@@JorgeGonzalez-gu7ve That's hilarious!! No, cars and TVs didn't cost tens of millions, even adjusted for inflation.
@@JorgeGonzalez-gu7ve lol yeah this is different dude. Like every pound that you lift to space costs tens of thousands of dollars. I don't remember ANY retail items that expensive at launch.
In 1961 Ham the Astrochimp went to an altitude of 157 miles. Almost 3 times the height of Bezos & crew.
Nice one Mike. I couldn't find a similar commentary on Howard Wolowitz's launch.
Don't worry, Jeffrey Bezos has an efficient hairstyle
Extremely aerodynamic, his head should reach mach 7 without a spacecraft.
@@fordxbgtfalcon he needs propulsion tho
.
@@calebgangte1228 Beans do just fine
Bald jokes, how original
Great video. Can i use some of this for educational purposes? I'm happy to list the credits.
8:50 I love how he's politely saying "this is the beginning of people paying to go to space just because they're rich, not to do anything useful or help humanity."
When put like that it's quite an absurd pursuit.
It will probably become more affordable in 10 years or so. Maybe 10k
an idiot like you said the same thing when a couple of entrepreneurs who own a bicycle factory invented the first plane, people like you, without vision, don't let us advance to the future.
@@carlosmedrano6868 make sure people in the present can live an affordable life and then we can talk about “future advancement”
@@seonssissi Exactly. Every single one of us in this comment thread that lives in the US paid more taxes this year than Jeff Bezos. Tax the rich like we used to in the 50’s and 60’s. Make the rich pay their employees and provide better health insurance again. Level the playing field to before billionaires began de-regulating themselves and sky-rocketing their wage gaps.... and then we’ll talk about future pursuits.
"Italien-American man casually describes space flight"
"take that stuff ! " - instant classic
“take the cannoli”
Space meat balls
" yeah youse don't mess around up there" that Italian accent... Makes it sounds like one about to travel through a bad neighborhood... I love it...
It's funny how the narrator's voice is such a contrast to his. She's so soft you can hardly hear her.
The only thing, pictured later is the landing which shows a parachute capsule to the ground. That is an escape system. The rocket is supposed to land whole with passengers.
The nausea is the bit they always seem to “gloss” but not gloss over. I’ve heard some people feel terrible anxiety over continuing to fall and fall and fall and fall and fall. I know the og astronauts wouldn’t exactly share bad experiences at the time because of the possibility of being grounded, but a couple have commented here and there over the years. Seems like the pros are always so dang excited to fly again (unless you pay attention). It’s exciting that people who aren’t the typical professional astronaut will be experiencing space flight and reporting their experiences. Humanity is literally taking the first few steps into an environment Earth life hasn’t ever been capable of exploring. Orbit is the next big ticket space tourism milestone, and it’s quite a bit more challenging than just traveling to space. Can you imagine seeing Earth like the Apollo crews? The good ol’ everyone-but-Michael-Collins view.
What do you mean anxiety over falling ?
@@SanguineYoru Orbit is basically constantly falling but never reaching the surface. I think that's what they're referring to. Not sure though
Ohh I always thought that he was just an actor in The Big Bang Theory 😅🤣🤣
They should fill space with air, then you could sit on the outside of the rocket. Would need Goggle's though as the wind might hurt your eyes. Just my five cents.
You good bro ?
@Soup Can 🤣
Wow. This makes absolutely no sense. But it might be just me.
@@kimberlyking9523 what doesn't make sense, no air in space, no breathy breathy, fill space up with air, yes breathy breathy
@@Kev2980 you make sensy sense
I recommend Zofran for that motion sickness nausea. I have a Rx because I get vertigo and nausea with my frequent migraines. But it also works for when I get carsick.
He should have explained this to Howard Wolowitz 😂
Froot loops 😂
@@zenith6792 😂😂
Giving flat-earthers migraines.
They dont deserve yet.
kzhead.info/sun/h8ydpbagmWmMZHk/bejne.html
Where’s the flat-earther’s attttt????
@@SaraHouck Wow, such nonsense! The thumbnail shows the Felix balloon jump which isn't NASA at all. No point in watching any of the video when they even lie in the thumbnail.
@@SaraHouck that was cringe.
Love the explanation, tips and reality.
Explain the Elvis Rocket camera system and Orion Program
Bezos pulled off a great move by letting Wally Funk accompanying them.
True👍
This zero G experience sounds like what happens to you after using LSD.
Or if your elevator falls down the shaft.
No
Irony. Drug users will always be on the bottom of the society while astronauts will always be on the top (literally).
@@karolinamikesova what? You realize that people like John Lennon, Steve jobs and countless other successful artists and scientists actually have/ had experience with the usage of LSD? I would not consider these as the bottom of the society. I bet there are also astronauts who used LSD
@@joniskates So your example are people that make up 0,0001 % of all drug users? Really?
This was a really nice explanation, got me reminiscing about the space shuttle days when I was a little boy as well. Hope this marks the start of a new renaissance of space travel.
What will the recording broadcast
Just imagine going to space and thinking what this red button will do
That ‘space flight’ was like some dude who has intercourse for 3 seconds and calls himself a player, lol. Utter nonsense.
Still 3 more seconds than you'll ever experience.
I could listen to Mike talk all day
I love hearing Mass speak!
They are getting started on Elysium I see.
That movie is beyond stupid
@@michaelqiu9722 it's good though
Better than Prometheus...
You mean Morytha?
11:20 "...happy to be a Flight Attendant or something..." Make sure you negotiate a good minimum wage first!
If the space engineer wants do good for humanity, then make sure to launch Bezos into outer space without a path to return to earth. Meanwhile we will use his riches to diminish the impact of climate catastrophe here on our planet earth.
@@Cyanidal187 uh have you heard of "inheritance"
This is my favorite astronaut!! Him and the other guy that plays guitar( sorry I forgot his name, 🤔 Chris I think? Mike you get 1st place because I’m also a New Yorker and your accent makes me feel Nostalgic. Makes me think about my teenage years growing up in the city. Cool video!
Chris Hadfield, the Canadian.
I love that they had this guy put on that jacket. Like the internet plebs wouldn't believe he was an astronaut if he was just in a suit or something.
I have also a dream to travel to space 🚀🌌!
I hope that one day you will achieve your dream
positive thinking, is that you? you will never get there...to heavy for weightlessness
@@lucasrem means?
@@lucasrem bruh
me too
It bugs me to no end that they didn't lift off at exactly t-0
They didn t zven go anywhere...kzhead.info/sun/ab6Dl8yBommViXk/bejne.html
"Go slow to speed up", that's gold!
lol, loved the tail story on the shuttle.
Turns around and asks me to save fuel lmao ya right
He appeared in Big Bang theory and he is the one who named Howard frootloops. And this man is real astronaut wow!
He explained his experience in very good way as I was on the flight with him. Anyway, everyone is interested to go on flight but don't want to pay that money. Haha
Are there secondary emergency set of parachutes to be deployed for the Blue Origin capsule on re-entry, if the first set fails to, for any reason?
The main chutes are pulled out by primary chutes which are deployed by pyrotechnics. It's a very reliable system, and the capsule is designed for a safe landing even if two of three parachutes don't deploy. Each of the three main parachutes are deployed separately by a separate system. The seats also have shock absorbing devices in them in case of a rough landing on one parachute.
Wired you should put Massimino's name on the title. He is the true hero!!
Bit they did not really go to space. They just went to the edge of the atmosphere
Exosphere = Space But if they didn't go to Exosphere then you're right
Should have had him sat next to you and just before take off he turns and says "good luck fruit loops"
Liked the reference iykyk
I was gonna say that this video is longer than the actual flight, but then the astronaut said exactly that
I wish I could do this, he's really talking like we're about to go. I almost got excited
The narrator's voice is really grating on me.
She’s waaay too close to the mic
the way she says the S words .... hate it.
I was looking for this comment her voice is brutal
she just doesn't talk like a normal human being.
Sounds like a 10 year old
so, bezos ride vs astronauts is like python vs machine code
how does one like a comment twice?
This comment is pure gold.....and NASA did actually change the definition of astronaut on the day of Bezos space flight so he ain't an astronaut....never loved NASA more
@@bhumikakhatri2621 really? niiice ✊✊✊
How many seconds to lift off? Is it ready for re-entry or will they give it a minute?
This guy would be perfect in one of those 1990s/2000s sci fi movies
Wait- isn't he the guy in big bang theory-?
yep :D
We all were born during the Big Bang AT THE SAME TIME. i know its not relevant lol
One small man, one giant ad for humanity.
Thank you Mike Massimino for explaining that fly in a easy way to understand!! :)
Thank you!! I will keep that in my mind during my next flight to space!!! Really appreciate it..
Bezos and Virgin man...competing for the shortest flight possible.
and claiming to be better than SpaceX
Sad that people are celebrating this when half a century ago people went to the moon.
idk what he's talking about but I'm so into this lol
I don't know why seeing thumbnail reminding me The dictator movie's pointy or round shape of nuclear weapon scene.
The guy is very interesting.I think that now with several involved and interested to go out to space, We are going to see really enthusiasm to find what is essential , the speed need it to travel far away”
I love Mike Massimino! What a great guy! They should take flat earthers up just to shut them up. Then again they wouldn't believe it...you can't cure stupid.
The other flat earthers that did not go will accuse them of going to the other side. FE's have some serious problems.
People don’t really know the gravity of this mission We almost lost Amazon 2 day shipping
His insights very enjoyable to listen.
When you building a moon-base ? Cool flight .
Imagine just going onto amazon in the future and ordering a flight to space for a couple thousand dollars
"Couple thousand" price tag is much higher than that lol
PassionDono future keyword
Couple thousand maybe for spacex. Not for blue origin or others
he talks about it like most of us have 20million to blow on a 10 min ride to space.
lol ikr well it's obviously those tips are not for you, not for me or the common pleople but still there is market for this stuff well it should exist.
I feel the overview effect watching NASA's livestreams on Twitch 🤣
Amazing story. Keep sharing space stories. Did u see any rocket passing near u
So... is fruit loops coming too?
I imagined, I assumed they were going to go with an "experienced pilot" I guess an experienced astronaut 😱
He was in TBBT.
Commercial flights? Just going up and coming back down? Or could you somehow travel to another part of earth doing this? Either way this is pretty amazing
Flights for flat earthers should be free.
If they did that, I would ABSOLUTELY become a flat-earther.
I'm a flat earther The earth is a rectangle North West South East
@@Bad_Wolf_Media we are!
Suddenly im a flat earther now
Just serves as motivation for everyone to start their own trillion dollar company so you too can go into space!
Yeah, the billionaires will have no problem letting you into their club.
This is literally how everything becomes middle class accessible, are you not aware that computers used to be only for mega corps in the 1950s? Or that cars were originally for rich people???
@@sunnyvegas2778 You can count on them not making these things accessible this time around.
@@chetthebee1322 Thats not a rebuttal, you're just making a bogus claim, you're a conspiracy theorist, you claim to know these people who you have NEVER met before....
You’ll never go into space. Neither will they
Which one do you think best zero gravity tour? Branson or Bezo?
I guess they must have gotten lucky with the van Alan belt's!💪💪💪💪