{"id":185854,"date":"2019-12-17T23:06:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T15:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1813978\/"},"modified":"2019-12-17T23:06:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T15:06:53","slug":"blue-origin-will-fly-auction-winners-item-to-outer-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/17\/blue-origin-will-fly-auction-winners-item-to-outer-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin Will Fly Auction Winner\u2019s Item to Outer Space"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft (Photo Credit: Blue Origin\/YouTube)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

You’ll probably never make it to outer space. But an item of your choosing can.<\/span><\/p>\n

For a price.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeff Bezos’s aerospace company Blue Origin partnered with Charitybuzz to offer one lucky (and deep-pocketed) bidder the “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to send a special item into orbit<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The object\u2014a photo of a loved one, a piece of art, your favorite T-shirt\u2014will launch aboard the Blue Origin New Shepard space shuttle and spend 11 minutes in flight before returning to Earth and making its way back to you via post.<\/span><\/p>\n

With barely more than a day left to make an offer, you’ll have to collect every cent of loose change in an effort to outbid the current top entry of $8,290. The next minimum bid is $8,790.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Considering the estimated value of sending a material item into space is a whopping $25,000, $9,000 is actually quite a reasonable price.)<\/span><\/p>\n

An auction win comes with certain caveats, though.<\/span><\/p>\n

The victor, according to Charitybuzz, must sign an NDA to participate; ensure their payload weighs no more than 1.1 pounds, adheres to Blue Origin’s limitations (no hazards, etc.), and can fit inside a 4-by-4-by-8-inch box; and pay to have it shipped to Texas at least two weeks ahead of the planned flight.<\/span><\/p>\n

If their package fails to arrive at the launch site in time, the person forfeits their opportunity and will be subject to a 25 percent “reschedule” fee.<\/span><\/p>\n

The winner will also be required to sign a contract with SPACE on Ryder Farm, a New York-based nonprofit residency program and organic farm (which has three other live lots<\/a>, including tickets to see “Jagged Little Pill” or “Oklahoma!” on Broadway).<\/span><\/p>\n

Blue Origin recently completed a record-breaking test flight<\/a> of its New Shepard suborbital spacecraft.<\/span><\/p>\n

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