
"Who wants a skittle?"
With the curve of the earth below them and on the edge of space, the richest man on earth threw lollies into his crewmates' mouths during their four-minute visit to space.
In case you missed it, overnight Amazon founder Jeff Bezos went to space. He was joined by his brother Mark, as well as the oldest person to ever go to space, 82-year-old former pilot Wally Funk, and the youngest, 18-year-old Oliver Daemen - whose father bought him a ticket.
Watch: Jeff Bezos throws skittles in space. Post continues below.
Bezos and other entrepreneurs including UK billionaire Richard Branson intend to start a market in space tourism, boasting the spectacular views of earth. You know, so the average folk can go.
Blue Origin has already announced two more flights for this year and kept promoting ticket sales during the live broadcast of Bezos' space excursion.
The New Shepard went more than 100km above the earth, over the Karman Line space boundary.
Here's how the internet is reacting...
when your ex needs to go to space about it, you won the divorce
— mothman festival queen (@amyis_trying)
Imagine if billionaires invested this much time and money in preserving the planet we're already on...
— Robert Reich (@RBReich)
hard to imagine a better divorce outcome than getting 50 billion dollars and then your ex literally leaves the planet
— muscle skoals (@MuscleSkoals)
Jeff Bezos has now gone to space more times than Amazon has paid taxes
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich)
Jeff Bezos you have the ability to end world hunger. You also have the ability to take a teen to space. Which do you— oh ok that was fast
— broti gupta (@BrotiGupta)
Jeff Bezos is back already? Was space closed?
— Charles J. Moore (@charles270)
if you close your eyes and press on them, that's what space looks like and you've saved yourself millions of dollars
— beth (@bethbourdon)
this mf went to the foyer of space
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ)
Imagine your in space and you really want iced coffee.. not worth it
— helena (@freshhel)
When Jeff Bezos gets back from space, can someone ask him if he happened to see the ten rolls of toilet paper up there that I ordered a year ago and never received?
— 🌊 Death Row Tull 🌊 (@dukewindsor388)
and? JoJo was only 13 when she released Leave (Get Out) https://t.co/KwL5TKgqCZ
— dakota (@PowerOfDakota)
Saying you went to space for ten minutes is the same as claiming you visited a city where you had a two hour layover and never left the airport.
— Lauren Reeves 🏳️🌈 (@laurenreeves)
Neil Armstrong in space: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Jeff Bezos in space: "Who wants a Skittle?" #BlueOrigin #NewShepard pic.twitter.com/cxfAf56pXG
— Anthony Franze (@AnthonyFranzeWX)
Jeff Bezos got divorced because he wanted some space?
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats)
Jeff Bezos was in space for 5 minutes—or as its known at the Amazon warehouse, your allotted break time for a 16-hour day
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow)
Congrats to Jeff Bezos on his successful rocket launch. And also for totally not overcompensating for something pic.twitter.com/fI3OMxiaVQ
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat)
I just logged on and apparently Bezos rode a big dick into space? Is that about right?
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti)
Feature image: Getty/Twitter.
Billi FitzSimons
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