Teen who went to space with Jeff Bezos hasn’t bought anything from Amazon

Team Udayavani, Jul 24, 2021, 5:42 PM IST

Source: Times Now

The 18-year-old Dutch passenger who accompanied Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin’s space flight on Tuesday, July 20 admitted that he has never bought anything from Amazon.

Teenager Oliver Daemen told Bezos that he never bought anything from Amazon.

Reuters quoted Bezos saying, “And he was like, ‘oh, wow, it’s a long time ago I heard someone say that’,”

Oliver was selected for the flight after the candidate bidding $28 million for the ride canceled at the last minute. He was on a family vacation in Italy when he was asked to join the flight.

He said, “We didn’t pay even close to $28 million, but they chose me because I was the youngest and I was also a pilot and I also knew quite a lot about it already,”

Talking about the experience, “I don’t think I realised it until I was in the rocket: ‘wow, it’s really happening’. It was my ultimate, ultimate goal … but I never thought it was going to be this soon,”

He further added, “That was super cool. It’s so weird to be weightless. It was easier than I had expected. It was kind of like being in the water.”

Daemen said, “They were super fun and all down to earth, as funny as that may sound.”

Daemen does not have plans for his future but said that he would consider a career in space travel.