Entrepreneur Glen de Vreis is one of the second people sent into space by Jeff Bezos’ space company “Blue Origin”. Unfortunately, he died in a small plane crash in New Jersey on Thursday. He was only 49 years old.It was learned that de Vries and flight instructor Thomas Fischer were killed together after a single-engine Cessna 172 crashed near Lake Kiama.
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Blue Origin said in a statement: “We are very sad to hear the news of Glen de Vries’ sudden death. He has brought so much vitality and energy to the entire Blue Origin team and his companions. He is right. The enthusiasm of aviation, his charity work and his dedication to his craftsmanship will be respected and admired by people for a long time.”
On October 13th, Glen de Vries took the Blue Origin Company’s New Shepard Rocket together with the famous science fiction actor William Shatner, Planet Labs co-founder Chris Boshuizen, and Blue Origin Company’s vice president of mission and flight operations Aurey Powers. Take a short trip to space.
“My entire career has been working to extend people’s lives. However, due to the limited materials and energy on Earth, (we) extending our tentacles into space can help mankind continue to prosper and develop,” de Vries said before the mission. Said in a statement. It is reported that de Vries’s career is centered on the development of software that assists in medical research.
“From the countdown, I have that high sense of time in my mind. I think I have brought this view back to our planet and into my relationships. The passage of time is like The resources on the earth are the same. As the perspective expands, it feels more precious,” de Vries said after the flight.
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