INTO SPACE FOR ABOUT A THREE TO
FOUR-MINUTE RIDE.
HODA, BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JOINING US NOW IS THE INAUGURAL
BLUE ORIGIN CREW, JEFF AND MARK
BEZOS, WALLY FUNK AND OL STRER
DAMON.
GOOD MORNING, GUYS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> JEFF, ITS THE EVE.
ARE YOU READY?
TELL ME HOW YOURE FEELING ON
THIS DAY.
>> TOMORROW WERE GOING TO SPACE
AND WERE INCREDIBLY EXCITED.
I AM SO EXCITED I CANT WAIT TO
SEE WHAT ITS GOING TO BE LIKE.
PEOPLE SAY THEY GO INTO SPACE
AND COME BACK CHANGED.
ASTRONAUTS ALWAYS TALK ABOUT
THAT, WHETHER ITS THE THIN LIMB
OF THE EARTHS ATMOSPHERE, I
CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT ITS
GOING TO DO TO ME.
>> I HAD A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW
RICHARD BRANSON AND HE WENT UP.
HE SAID HE BEAT YOU BY NINE
DAYS, BUT YOU ARE GOING HIGHER.
HE SAYS THERES NO COMPETITION
BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU.
WHAT SAY YOU?
>> I AGREE.
THERE IS ONE PERSON WHO IS THE
FIRST PERSON IN SPACE AND THAT
HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO.
I THINK IM GOING ON BE NUMBER
570 OR SOMETHING.
THATS WHERE WERE GOING TO BE
IN THIS LIST.
THIS ISNT A COMPETITION.
THIS IS ABOUT BUILDING THE ROAD
TO SPACE SO FUTURE GENERATIONS
CAN BUILD A FUTURE IN SPACE.
>> WIRE EXCITED TO JOIN THE
CLUB.
>> I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU.
WALLY, YOURE GOING TO BE THE
OLDEST PERSON UP IN SPACE.
82 YEARS OLD.
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE IN
THE 60s, BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR
GENDER, THAT WAS NOT TO BE.
SO HERE WE ARE, YOURE GOING TO
BE UP IN SPACE FOR 11 MINUTES.
DESCRIBE HOW YOU SEE THAT IN
YOUR MINDS EYE.
>> IM GOING TO FEEL IT.
ITS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY NOT
HAPPY TO TOUCH OR GRAB
SOMETHING.
I CAN JUST FLOAT TO IT.
AND DO MY TURNS AND DO MY ROLLS.
THATS WHAT I LOVE TO DO.
BECAUSE IVE DONE EVERYTHING ON
AN OUTSIDE WORLD AND I LOVE IT.
BY THE WAY, I LOVE SEEING YOU
EVERY DAY.
>> OH, I LOVE SEEING YOU, TOO.
>> HODA, CAN I JUST TELL YOU
THAT WE HAVE BEEN DSHG BARK WHEN
WALLY WAS PART OF THE MERCURY
13, ALL OF THE TESTING SHE DID,
SHE OUTPERFORMED ALL OF THE MEN.
WE CAN CONFIRM AT 82 YEARS OLD
SHE CAN STILL OUTPERFORM ALL OF
THE MEN.
WEVE BEEN DOING TRAINING WITH
WALLY.
YOU SHOULD DO A PIECE ON HER
BECAUSE SHE IS INCREDIBLE
WERE JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP.
>> WERE GOING TO STAY ON THAT,
WALLY, I PROMISE.
OLIVER, I DONT KNOW HOW MANY
NUGGIES JEFF GAVE YOU AS A KID,
BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IM
SURE HES MADE UP FOR IT.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN HE ASKED
YOU TO GO ON THIS TRIP?
>> IT WAS A THRILL.
JEFF AND I HAVE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LOT OF
ADVENTURES TOGETHER THROUGHOUT
OUR LIFE TIMES.
ITS AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE ABLE
TO TAG ALONG ON THIS ONE AND BE
THERE REPRESENTING OUR MOM AND
DAD, OUR SISTER, CHRISTINA, AND
CELEBRATING A LIFELONG DREAM.
>> WHAT FROM THE OLDEST, WALLY,
TO THE YOUNGEST, OLIVER, OLIVER,
YOURE 18 YEARS OLD.
I CANT BELIEVE YOU GET TO DO THIS.
HOW HAVE YOU PREPARED FOR THIS
MOMENT?
YABLG IT
I CANT BELIEVE IT, EITHER.
WE HAVE GREAT TRAINING HERE,
SIMULATING IF FLIGHT, EXPECTING
WHAT TO EXPECT IN SPACE.
IM JUST SUPER EXCITED AND NOT
NERVOUS AT ALL.
>> ITS GOING TO BE A REALLY,
REALLY COOL.
THERE ARE CRITICS WHO SAY, LOOK,
THIS IS, AGAIN, RICHARD BRANSON
AND YOU, JEFF BEZOS, RICH GUYS
ON A JOY RIDE.
WHAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS? WHAT CONCRETE THING WILL COME
WHAT CONCRETE THING WILL COME
OUT OF THIS TRIP?
>> IN ORDER FOR SPACE TRAVEL TO
BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT
MAYBE OLIVER, YOUNG PEOPLE
TODAY, THE NEXT GENERATION, HOW
ARE THEY GOING TOO USE SPACE
TODAY, GETTING INTO SPACE IS SO
EXPENSIVE THAT YOU CANT DO VERY
MANY INTERESTING THINGS IN
SPACE.
THEY WILL INVENT NEW THINGS TO
DO.
ITS THE JOB OF THIS GENERATION
TO BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE
AND, OF COURSE, PEOPLE SAID
LOOK, WE HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS
HERE ON EARTH.
THEYRE RIGHT.
WE NEED TO DO BOTH.
WEVE ALWAYS DONE BOTH.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE HERE AND
NOW AND FOCUS ON BUILDING A
FUTURE.
SO WERE BUILDING A PATHWAY TO
SPACE SO OLIVERS GENERATION CAN
BLOW US INTO SPACE.
>> SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE A SELFIE
UP THERE AND I NOMINATE OLIVER.
HELL PROBABLY GET THE BEST ONE.
>> NO-BRAINER, YOURE RIGHT.
>> HAVE FUN UP IN SPACE.
ITS 11 MINUTES.
WE CANT WAIT TO HEAR ALL ABOUT
IT WHEN YOU COME BACK, JEFF AND
MARK BEZOS, WALLY FUNK, OLIVER
DAMON, GOOD LUCK.
>> THANKS.
>> TAKE CARE.
>> AND HOW ABOUT THAT WALLY YOU
FUNK?
SHE IS SUPER SPECIAL.
SHE STOOD ON THE GROUND FOR 20,