You know something important is happening when every member of my (non-spacey) family messages me to see if I'm watching.

Jeff Bezos, Wally Funk (now the oldest astronaut), Mark Bezos and Oliver Daemen (now the youngest astronaut) have gone to space and returned to Earth in Blue Origin's first crewed flight of New Shepard! I love the unabashed joy we heard from the crew as they floated in weightlessness, looking down upon the Earth and up into the stars.

The future of human tourism in space is now upon us. Yeah, yeah, they paid $28 million for the privilege. But that price is going to drop like a...well, like a rocket booster on its way back down, lol. I'm starting my savings fund today.

Originally posted on Facebook.