Jeff Bezos' private space company Blue Origin has been working hard to make space tourism possible for people. On Thursday, the company completed a successful flight test in the upgraded New Shepard vessel. This particular capsule was updated with a bunch of safety and comfort updates for its latest flight.

According to a new report, it looks like the capsule is now ready to fly with a full crew as early as April this year. This is exciting news for people who have been actively keeping tabs on space tourism.

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Jeff Bezos, by the way, isn't the only billionaire playing in this field. Elon Musk is already ahead in this billionaire space race with SpaceX. Richard Branson is also pushing ahead with Virgin Orbit and it'll be interesting to see how the company takes it forward.

Space tourism, as interesting as it sounds, is only going to be catering to a handful of elites, at least initially. It'll be expensive and only time will tell exactly how accessible it is for common people. Naturally, once more and more players enter this space, it'll become a lot more accessible and affordable. Guess we'll just wait for now.

We'll be keeping an eye on Blue Origin's space journey to see how it unfolds, so be sure to stay tuned for more updates.

Source: NBCNews

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