---
title: "The Digest: Blue Origin’s Spaceflight Tickets Will Go on Sale in 2019"
description: "**PACK YOUR BAGS.** An executive for Blue Origin says the aerospace company will begin selling tickets for [suborbital space flights]() in 2019, according to a [report by *Space News*](). Senior Vice President Rob Meyerson delivered the news during a keynote…"
date: "2018-06-25"
modified: "2018-06-26"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/new-shepard-tickets-blue-origin"
categories:
  - "Blue Origin"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "blue origin"
  - "new shepard"
  - "space tourism"
  - "the digest"
---

# The Digest: Blue Origin’s Spaceflight Tickets Will Go on Sale in 2019

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*\<em\>Image: \<a href="https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard" target="\_blank"\>Blue Origin\</a\>\</em\>*

**PACK YOUR BAGS.** An executive for Blue Origin says the aerospace company will begin selling tickets for [suborbital space flights](<https://futurism.com/blue-origin-just-released-images-of-its-sleek-space-tourism-capsule>) in 2019, according to a [report by *Space News*](<http://spacenews.com/blue-origin-plans-to-start-selling-suborbital-spaceflight-tickets-next-year/>). Senior Vice President Rob Meyerson delivered the news during a keynote speech at Amazon Web Services Public Sector Summit in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. The flights will be aboard [New Shepard](<https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard>), a rocket Blue Origin first started testing in 2015. Those tests will soon include passengers, according to Meyerson.

**START SAVING... PROBABLY?** So, that's what we know. What we don't know? Pretty much anything else. Meyerson didn't drop any hints as to what New Shepard tickets will get passengers (An hour in space? A day?). He also didn't say what they'd pay for the privilege, but that might be because he simply doesn't know — back in May, Blue Origin (and Amazon) CEO Jeff Bezos [told GeekWire](<https://www.geekwire.com/2018/jeff-bezos-isdc-space-vision/>) the company was still trying to figure out what to charge for New Shepard tickets.

**AHEAD OF THE CROWD.** Blue Origin isn't alone in attempting to break into the space tourism market — SpaceX, Orion Span, and Axiom Space are just a few of the [other companies](<https://www.popsci.com/how-to-become-a-space-tourist>) vying for a piece of the space tourism pie. It also isn't the first company to announce the sale of tickets — Virgin Galactic began [selling tickets](<http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/02/news/la-trb-virgin-galactic-ticket-sales-20130429>) back in 2013 at $200,000 a pop (later raised to $250,000); as of May 2017, [650 people](<http://spacenews.com/all-booked-virgin-galactic-says-suborbital-spaceflights-are-full-until-2021/>) had put down deposits. Five years later, though, and those flights haven't yet happened.

As we've seen from Virgin Galactic, selling tickets isn't necessarily an indication that a company is just about ready for take off. Still, if Blue Origin *is ready* to test New Shepard with passengers aboard, it must be feeling pretty confident about the craft — which means the company might just be the first to launch us into the era of commercial space travel.

Read More: [Blue Origin Plans to Start Selling Suborbital Spaceflight Tickets Next Year](<http://spacenews.com/blue-origin-plans-to-start-selling-suborbital-spaceflight-tickets-next-year/>) \[Space News\]

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)