SORRY.
HERE WE GO.
JEFF BEZOS, YOU ARE AN ASTRONAUT
NOW.
HOW DOES IT FEEL?
>> ITS AMAZING.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NO WORDS.
IT WAS A PERFECT MISSIONER..
IM NOT TALENTED TO PUT IT INTO
WORDS THE ACCELERATING G FORCE,
BEING PUSHED BACK INTO THE SEAT
AND YOURE SUDDENLY FLOATING.
FEELS LIKE --
>> SURPRISINGLY NATURAL.
>> EFFORTLESS.
YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE.
ITS NOT WEIRD AT ALL.
ITS VERY NICE.
>> Reporter: MARK, YOU HAVE
SPENT YOUR WHOLE LIFE WITH THIS
MAN IN WEST TEXAS.
YOU SPENT TIME ON YOUR
GRANDFATHERS FARM PLAYING SPACE
COWBOYS BUT THIS IS SO MUCH MORE
THAN BOYS WHO WANTED TO BE
ASTRONAUTS.
>> YES.
>> YOUR BROTHER HAS BEEN
DETERMINED TO ADVANCE SPACE
TRAVEL.
I WANT TO KNOW, WHAT DID IT FEEL
LIKE TO BE UP THERE TOGETHER
WHEN YOU LOCKED EYES?
>> IT WAS PRETTY SPECIAL.
I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, IT JUST
MEANT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT TO ME
TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT MY MOM
AND DAD AND OUR SISTER,
CHRISTINA, BEING THERE TO
CELEBRATE A LIFELONG DREAM COME
TRUE.
WE DECIDED TO -- A LITTLE HI MOM
IN ZERO G.
>> ONE OF US WAS UPSIDE DOWN.
>> WE DONT KNOW IF IT CAME OUT.
WE HAVE TO GO AGAIN IF WE GOT IT
WRONG.
>> Reporter: THIS WAS YOUR DREAM
BUT FOR THE MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS WATCHING THIS, WHO ARE
SAYING THIS IS A JOY RIDE, IT
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.
>> YES.
>> Reporter: WHAT DID YOU
EXPERIENCE THAT MATTERS TO ALL
AMERICANS?
>> WELL, LISTEN.
WE HAVE TO BUILD A ROAD TO SPACE
SO THAT OUR KIDS AND THEIR KIDS
CAN BUILD A FUTURE.
WE LIVE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL
PLANET.
WE SAW THIS.
YOU CANT IMAGINE HOW THIN THE
ATMOSPHERE IS WHEN YOU SEE IT
FROM SPACE.
IT LOOKS SO BIG, FEELS LIKE THIS
ATMOSPHERE IS HUGE AND WE CAN
DISREGARD IT AND TREAT IT
POORLY.
YOU GET UP THERE AND SEE HOW
TINY IT IS AND FRAGILE IT IS, WE
NEED TO TAKE ALL HEAVY INDUSTRY,
ALL POLLUTING INDUSTRY AND MOVE
IT INTO SPACE AND KEEP EARTH AS
THIS BEAUTIFUL GEM OF A PLANET
THAT IT IS.
THATS GOING TO TAKE DECADES AND
DECADES TO ACHIEVE, BUT YOU HAVE
TO START, BIG THINGS START WITH
SMALL STEPS AND WE NEED REUSABLE
ROCKET VEHICLES AND WE NEED TO
PRACTICE WITH THEM, AND THATS
WHAT THIS SUBOR BITTAL TOURISM
ALLOWS US TO DO, TO PRACTICE
OVER AND GEFR.
THIS IS THE VERY BEGINNING OF
THAT.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING NOW THAT
YOU DIDNT THINK YESTERDAY BUT
NOW YOURE SAYING IM GOING TO
DO THIS.
THIS IS THE CHANGE THATS GOING
TO HAPPEN NEXT.
>> SO FOR ME, IT REINFORCES MY
COMMITMENT TO THE CLIMATE
CHANGE, TO THE ENVIRONMENT, I
THINK IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WE HAVE
TOO MUCH VILLIFICATION IN
SOCIETY TODAY, NOT ENOUGH UNITY,
SOVILLIFIERS, YOU LOOK OUT AT
THE PLANET, THERE ARE NO
BORDERS.
ITS ONE PLANET AND WE SHARE IT
AND ITS FRAGILE.
>> Reporter: UNTIL NOW, SPACE
EXPLORATION HAS BEEN A PASSION
OF YOURS BUT NOT YOUR DAY JOB.
>> TRUE.
>> Reporter: DOES THAT CHANGE
TODAY?
DOES THIS BECOME YOUR LIFES
WORK?
>> THIS AND THE BEZOS EARTH
FIGHT, THE CLIMATE CHANGE
FOUNDATION.
THATS GOING TO BE THE FOCUS OF
MY WORK.
>> Reporter: MAYBE MY HARDEST
QUESTION, YOUR BROTHER JUST TOOK
YOU TO SPACE.
WHAT ARE YOU GIVING HIM FOR
CHRISTMAS?
>> LOOK, I ALREADY LET THE GUY
TAKE ME TO SPACE.
WHAT MORE DO I NEED TO DO FOR
THIS MAN?
>> Reporter: OBVIOUSLY AS
FATHERS, WHEN YOU WERE UP THERE,
I TALKED TO YOU YESTERDAY, IM
COOL.
IM FINE.
WERE YOU PANICKED?
>> NO, I WAS NEVER PANICKED.
I GOT EMOTIONAL SITTING WAITING
FOR THE LAUNCH AND JUST THINKING
ABOUT MY KIDS AND MY WIFE AND
EVERYTHING.
IT WAS A PROFOUND MOMENT AND THE
TRAINING THAT WE WENT THROUGH
WAS FANTASTIC FOR ANYTHING THAT
MIGHT BE OFF NOMINAL BUT IT WAS
A PERFECT FLIGHT, AND BOY, WHAT
AN ADVENTURE.
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
>> SOME OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS
WERE A LITTLE ANXIOUS, BUT THEY
FLIPPED BETWEEN WANTING TO STOW
BOARD IN OUR CARRY LUGGAGE AND
WANTING TO STOP US FROM GOING,
BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THATS
NATURAL.
IT WAS A PERFECTLY NOMINAL
MISSION.
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND
MEANINGFUL, TOO.
>> WHEN ARE YOU DOING IT, NEXT?
>> HOW ABOUT TOMORROW?
>> Reporter: SERIOUSLY, HOW
SOON?
>> I WANT TO FLY A BUNCH OF
PEOPLE SO IM NOT GOING TO GO
NEXT.
IM SAVING SEATS FOR OTHERS BUT
I WANT TO GO AGAIN.
>> Reporter: DO YOU WISH YOUR
GRANDFATHER COULD HAVE SEEN
THIS?
>> HELL YES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
>> Reporter: IS HE THE ONE
PERSON YOU THOUGHT OF UP THERE?
YOUR FAMILY HAS A HISTORY OF
SPACE EXPLORATION, SPACE WORK.
>> I DEFINITELY THOUGHT ABOUT
POP.
>> WE SAID THAT IN THE CAPSULE.
WED LOVE TO HAVE HIM.
>> HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE
LIKE MOST EXCITED BY THIS AND