Jeff Bezos has unveiled another member of the crew who, on July 20, will fly for a few minutes in space aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft, the aerospace company led by the founder of Amazon. This is Wally Funk, 82, one of the participants in the “Mercury 13” space program which took place in the late 50’s and early 60’s.
Funk was an iconic aviator of the last century. When NASA officially allowed women to apply as astronauts in 1976, Funk tried to apply three times without success. Now he will finally have a chance. Bezos’ brother and another passenger who bought a ticket during an auction for about 28 million dollars will also fly on the same spacecraft on 20 July.
