First Brazilian space tourist talks about what it was like to go on a ’round trip’ in space: ‘Surreal’

Victor Hespanha was one of the six crew members to travel on the Blue Origin ship, owned by Jeff Bezos.

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Victor Hespanha is the second Brazilian to travel to space

the production engineer Victor Hespanha gave a brief report after becoming the second Brazilian to travel to space. The “round trip” took place this Saturday, 4th, and lasted about four minutes. Visibly moved, he stated in Instagram stories: “I do not know what to say. It’s too big, it’s too strong. I don’t know what to say, I just say that God is very good, sometimes without us deserving it”. Still unable to find words to detail his experience, Victor limited himself to saying: “It was exciting, indescribable, surreal”. The Brazilian made history by becoming the first space tourist in the country. he traveled through blue origincompany of Jeff Bezos, a businessman who also owns Amazon. The suborbital trip was originally supposed to take place on May 20, but had to be postponed for security reasons. In all, the spacecraft, which does not need a pilot, had five crew members, none of whom are professional astronauts. Victor got one of the spots by being drawn among buyers of an NFT. The launch of the spacecraft took place in the United States. The first Brazilian to travel to space was astronaut and former minister Marcos Pontes, in 2006.

Source: Jovempan

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