Amazon founder Jeff Bezos triumphantly rocketed to the end of space and back on Tuesday and said that the event had made for his “Best. Day. Ever.” Bezos, his brother Mark, aeronautics legend Wally Funk and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen flew on a New Shepard rocket, landing safely back to Earth in the West Texas desert after a journey of eight-plus minutes.
Bezos was the second billionaire in just nine days to travel to space, with Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson beating Bezos. Branson’s launch inspired lots of memes and jokes, and Bezos’ trip did the identical effect.
I’ve always said the truest measure of wealth is hiring a rocket mohel pic.twitter.com/WX0QWsDhtl
— EdYev (@warderro) July 20, 2021
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The space penis is aloft
— Drew Magary (@drewmagary) July 20, 2021
Confirmed
Jeff Bezos is Doctor Evil ! pic.twitter.com/0pm7FBb0R6— Zoltan🇵🇷Warrkation (@Warrkation_) July 20, 2021
Others envisioned Bezos’ flight as the first scene of a sci-fi movie, such as Planet of the Apes.
“Oh no, what if Jeff Bezos travels through time and lands on a future earth ravaged by humanity’s ignorance,” snarked writer Dave Itzkoff.
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hard to imagine a better divorce outcome than getting 50 billion dollars and then your ex literally leaves the planet
— skoals (@MuscleSkoals) July 19, 2021
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11 minutes is more than long enough for everyone at the landing site to change into monkey costumes.
Not saying they should do this, but… they should do this.
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) July 20, 2021