Newly minted astronaut Jeff Bezos says spaceflight left him ‘speechless’
Shortly after landing back on Earth, the elated Amazon founder opened up about his experience in a brief interview with ABC News’ Michael Strahan.
“I’m speechless in a way … I don’t have the talent to put into words what we just experienced, maybe we need to send a poet up at some point or something,” Bezos said. “But it was incredible.”
Ahead of his flight, Bezos told Strahan he was curious how leaving Earth’s atmosphere would “change” him. Now that he’s returned, the billionaire said he was awestruck by how “tiny” and fragile our planet is.
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“My initial thought is, I can't believe it, even though I’ve heard it and read it, I can't believe how tiny the Earth's atmosphere is,” Bezos said. “So when we're standing down here, it looks huge, you know, we're surrounded by Earth's atmosphere, we're breathing it all the time.”
“When you get up there, you see that it's this tiny, thin little thing that makes you realize just how precious it is and how fragile it is how much we need to take care of it,” he added.
Overall, Bezos said the spaceflight exceeded all of his expectations.
