Oliver Daemon - Blue origin releases name of the fourth crew member
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| Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen |
Blue origin just announced the name of the 4th crew member. To make it perfectly clear, it's not what we expected. He is not the person who won the auction.
On July 20, Blue Origins founder Jeff Bezos will be going to space with three other crew members. This is the first human spaceflight mission by blue origin.
The second crew member is his brother. Days later the name of the third crew member is released.
Her name is Wally Funk. She is 82 years old. She got certified as a pilot during her teenage and she went through all of NASA's training but she couldn't make it to space because of her gender. She had waited five decades to go to space.
The fourth member of this crew is supposed to be selected by an auction. That seat was sold for 28 million dollars. The Identity of the person who bought the seat remained a mystery. Blue Origin said they will announce the name within a few days. The winner of this auction is still unknown.
But today, Blue Origin said that the auction winner has decided to fly on a future mission. But they revealed the fourth crew member's name to be Oliver Daemen.
To be clear Oliver Daemen is not the person who won the auction
Then who is Oliver Daemon?
Oliver Daemen is 18 years old. As he got this seat, he will be the youngest person to go to space.
Oliver has always been excited by space from a young age. He is about to attain his private pilot's license and completed High School in 2020.
He will join the University of Utrecht in September. We still don't know how much money he paid for this ride.
A historic ride
As he is only 18 years old, he will be the youngest person to go to space, and Wally Funk being 82 years old, will be the oldest person to go to space.
Jeff Bezos and his brother will be going to space with the youngest and oldest astronaut.
If this Flight goes according to plan, Blue Origin will create history by sending the youngest and oldest astronaut on its first mission
Here is the official report by Blue Origin
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