Seat next to Jeff Bezos, mystery bidder pays this much for space trip with Amazon CEO

A single-seat aboard the New Shepard crew capsule, dubbed the RSS First Step Crew Capsule, went up for auction earlier this month, starting with a sealed bidding round that drew "more than 5,200 bidders from 136 countries".

Washington: Tech billionaire Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin's month-long auction for a trip to the edge of space aboard New Shepard has ended with a closing price of $28 million, the media reported. A single-seat aboard the New Shepard crew capsule, dubbed the RSS First Step Crew Capsule, went up for auction earlier this month, starting with a sealed bidding round that drew "more than 5,200 bidders from 136 countries". People were bidding as high as $28 million for a 10-minute experience on the space tourism rocket, slated for launch on July 20.