Forget spending a week at your uncle’s weird timeshare in Tampa Bay; your next vacation could be out of this world, quite literally. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wants to send tourists to space beginning in 2019, and we’re not just talking about putting The Expanse back on TV.Speaking at the Wired 25 Summit in San Francisco in October (via Recode), Bezos revealed that getting you 8 pounds of cereal marshmallows within 48 hours isn’t his number one priority. It is taking one small step for man and one giant leap for what mankind can spend their money on. Bezos said that his spaceflight company Blue Origin’s number one goal is working on a “tourism mission” to space.[brightcove video_id=”5860116599001″ brightcove_account_id=”3653334524001″ brightcove_player_id=“rJs2ZD8xâ€]Potential space-cationers will board Blue Origins’ New Shepard Capsule, a 530 cubic-foot craft with room for up to 6 people. Before you start complaining, though, remember that this is 10 times the volume that Alan Shepard had aboard his historic Freedom 7 mission. And it’s still bigger than literally any apartment in Brooklyn. The 10-minute-long ride will cost you a cool $100,000 to $200,000, but…there will be nice leather seats, so consider it money well spent.
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