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Blue Origin’s 4th Astro-Tourism Flight Set to Launch without Big Names

The fourth commercial flight of Jeff Bezos' space tourism venture Blue Origin, offering short suborbital joyrides to well-heeled thrill-seekers and celebrity guests, was due for liftoff on Tuesday from the company's launch site in rural west Texas. Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft was slated for launch at 8:30 a.m.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blue Origin's 4th astro-tourism flight set to launch without big names

The fourth commercial flight of Jeff Bezos' space tourism venture Blue Origin, offering short suborbital joyrides to well-heeled thrill-seekers and celebrity guests, has been delayed by two days because of poor weather conditions, the company said.

Reuters

When Amazon Shares Fell 80% In 2000, Here's What CEO Jeff Bezos Told Shareholders

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares are priced well above the $3,000 mark today but that was not the case at the beginning of the new millennium.

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MacKenzie Scott donates record $275m to Planned Parenthood

Ms Scott received a received a 4 per cent stake in Amazon.com as a part of her divorce settlement from Jeff Bezos

The Independent UK

These 12 Nonprofits Got Millions Donated From MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' Ex-Wife: 'Helping Any of Us Can Help Us All'

MacKenzie Scott signed the Giving Pledge on May 25, 2019, committing to giving at least half of her wealth away to charities. What happened: The Giving Pledge is "a promise by the world's wealthiest individuals and families to dedicate the majority of their wealth to charitable causes," according to its website.

Benzinga

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates record $275m to Planned Parenthood

Ms Scott received a received a 4 per cent stake in Amazon.com as a part of her divorce settlement from Jeff Bezos

The Independent UK

Tom Sachs: Taking NFTs Where No Man Has Gone Before

The artist's Rocket Factory project, which lets users build and own their own virtual spacecraft, is changing how we think about reality.

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Artist Tom Sachs: 'Apple Could Never Make Anything as Shitty as the Things I Make'

The Rocket Factory NFT project stands at the intersection of crypto, the metaverse, and persistent human longing for the new frontier.

Reason

Blue Origin's biggest rocket launch yet just got delayed — here's what it means

Blue Origin's plan to launch a giant new rocket is unlikely to unfold this year. It leaves the spaceflight firm sticking with New Shepard tourist launches for the coming year.

Inverse

MacKenzie Scott donates $436 million to Habitat for Humanity after Bezos divorce

MacKenzie Scott has given away as much as $4.3 billion in 375 grants since her divorce from Bezos

The Independent UK

Amazon’s bookstore in Chicago is closing — ‘Boo-hoo’ and don’t let the algorithms hit you on the way out

CHICAGO — As I left Amazon Books on Southport Avenue for the last time — it’s closing March 19, after sitting there for five years, cold and vague, an enigmatic cultural artifact, never loved, requested or wished for — I stood on the sidewalk, took notes, and a woman in…

Chicago Tribune

Tech billionaires rally around nuclear as energy crisis looms

In recent weeks, some of Silicon Valley’s most famous technologists have hailed a historically polarizing energy source — nuclear power — as a solution to both cutting carbon emissions and weaning the world off now-controversial Russian gas.

Tribune News Service

Who is MacKenzie Scott, besides being Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife?

PHILADELPHIA — Who is MacKenzie Scott? She married Jeff Bezos in 1993, and together they co-founded Amazon in 1994 after leaving the investment firm D.E. Shaw. She divorced Bezos in 2019, and had previously given at least $49 million to Philly-area non-profit organizations.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

MacKenzie Scott gives Philly nonprofit $20 million to help needy get government benefits

PHILADELPHIA — Benefits Data Trust, a Philadelphia nonprofit that helps people overcome barriers to government benefits for food, housing and health care, received a $20 million gift from MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the organization announced Tuesday.

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Daily Mirror

Inside Mike Tyson's party with Jake Paul as stars enjoyed 'magic mushrooms'

Tyson partied with Paul and a whole host of celebrity names including Drake on Caribbean island St Barts last New Years Eve, with the legendary heavyweight claiming the pair took 'magic mushrooms'

Mic

What’s so important that Pete Davidson had to RSVP 'No' to outer space?

The comedian just backed out of his Blue Origin trip with Jeff Bezos. We’re just as confused as you are.

Benzinga

This Indian Billionaire Piled On More Wealth Than Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos Combined In 2021

India’s super-rich are getting richer at a faster clip than their American peers like Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk and Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN

The Independent UK

From SNL and Kanye to flying into space: How Pete Davidson became the centre of absolutely everything

Between Kim and Kanye, 9/11 and now Jeff Bezos, the comedian sits at the heart of a venn diagram of American culture. Kevin E G Perry explores how he got there and what happens next

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Pete Davidson pulls out of travelling to space with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin

Comedian Pete Davidson has had to pull out of travelling to space after Blue Origin switched dates of departure from next week until the end of the month

The Independent UK

Pete Davidson bows out of going to space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin flight

Pete Davidson has bowed out of a short trip to space next week

The Independent UK

Pete Davidson skipping ride to space on Jeff Bezos rocket

Pete Davidson has bowed out of a short trip to space next week

Daily Mirror

Pete Davidson secures seat on Jeff Bezos' flight to space amid feud with Kanye West

Saturday Night Live comedian Pete Davidson is jetting off to space with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos next week amid his ongoing feud with Kanye West

Inverse

Blue Origin NS-20: Launch date, passenger list, flight details for Pete Davidson trip

Jeff Bezos' spaceflight firm Blue Origin is gearing up to send more passengers into space. Here's what you need to know about the company's upcoming flight plans.

Salon

Pete Davidson is going to space!

Jeff Bezos is taking the "SNL" star out of Kanye's reach temporarily

Evening Standard

Pete Davidson to fly on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceflight

Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson will be blasted off into space in a Blue Origin rocket.

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