{"id":22734,"date":"2021-06-11T23:50:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T15:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/update-highest-bid-at-4-8-million-blue-origins-first-seat-bidding-hits-over-2-million\/"},"modified":"2021-06-11T23:50:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T15:50:17","slug":"update-highest-bid-at-4-8-million-blue-origins-first-seat-bidding-hits-over-2-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/update-highest-bid-at-4-8-million-blue-origins-first-seat-bidding-hits-over-2-million\/","title":{"rendered":"[Update: Highest bid at $4.8 million] Blue Origin\u2019s first seat bidding hits over $2 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"13081\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2021\/05\/05\/blue-origin-to-auction-off-first-new-shepard-seat-to-the-highest-bidder\/blueorigin_newshepard_crewcapsulevideoimage\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"2520,1076\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"BlueOrigin_NewShepard_CrewCapsuleVideoImage\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning of this month Blue Origin announced an auction for the first seat on their New Shepard flight in July. Today marked the ending of blind bidding and the minimum price for the seat has been announced, and it\u2019s a lot.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-13520\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Shepard, Blue Origin\u2019s space tourism rocket launches from Van Horne, Texas straight up just above the K\u00e1rm\u00e1n Line. This line is what the international community recognizes where space begins. Once the capsule reaches this point it starts to fall back down to the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the 60th anniversary of Alan Shepard\u2019s flight, the astronaut the rocket is named after, Jeff Bezos\u2019 company announced an auction to choose the first seat winner. This auction would benefit Blue Origin\u2019s foundation Club for the Future and has three parts. The first part, a sealed bidding process, ended today.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-blue-origin-s-bidding-process\">Blue Origin\u2019s Bidding process<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first section, bidders could bid any amount above $50 but now, if they wish to continue, they must match the highest bid. That amount currently is $2.8 million dollars, officially making this trip only available to the richest of space enthusiasts. Bidders have till June 10th to match or raise the highest bid to continue on to a live auction.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-13520',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winner of the live auction moves on to fly on Blue Origin\u2019s first crewed flight on July 20th, probably at the price that could get them a seat on an orbital flight.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-highest-bid-timeline\">Highest Bid Timeline<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>June 10th 4:58 PM EDT:<\/strong> $4.8 million (Final price for this phase of the auction)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>June 10th 3:55 PM EDT:<\/strong> $4.5 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>June 10th 2:50 PM EDT:<\/strong> $4.2 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>June 10th 7:52 AM EDT:<\/strong> $4 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>June 8th 3:29 PM EDT:<\/strong> $3.8 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>June 8th 8:07 AM EDT:<\/strong> $3.5 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>June 7th 12:35 PM EDT:<\/strong> $3.2 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>May 19th 6:60 PM EDT:<\/strong> $2.8 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>May 19th 1:16 PM EDT:<\/strong> $2.6 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>May 19th 11:55 AM EDT:<\/strong> $2.4 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>May 19th 10:46 AM EDT:<\/strong> $2.2 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>May 19th 9:50 AM EDT:<\/strong> $2 million<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-want-to-help-support-space-explored\">Want to help support Space Explored?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shop on&nbsp;Amazon&nbsp;to support Space Explored writers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/unistellar-telescope.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17371\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning of this month Blue Origin announced an auction for the first seat on their New Shepard flight in July. Today marked the ending of blind bidding and the minimum price for the seat has been announced, and it\u2019s a lot. 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