Wally Funk was supposed to go to space 60 years ago. Now she’s going with Jeff Bezos

Wally Funk was supposed to go to space 60 years ago. Now she’s going with Jeff Bezos

Wally Funk was the youngest member of a group of women being trained to be astronauts by NASA before the program was cancelled.

  • byTaylor Telford

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Jeff Bezos is blasting into space. Why can’t he get insurance?
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Jeff Bezos is blasting into space. Why can’t he get insurance?

A quick guide to the Amazon chief’s big trip (and what it means for space tourism).

  • bySherryn Groch
Amazon is treating paying customers like guinea pigs
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Amazon is treating paying customers like guinea pigs

Many have learned a hard lesson about what it means to be an Amazon customer. At any moment,the company could surprise you with an unwelcome change to an Amazon product you own or decide to kill it altogether.

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Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott donates $2.7 billion,blasts wealth gap

Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott donates $2.7 billion,blasts wealth gap

MacKenzie Scott,the billionaire philanthropist and Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife,has given $2.7 billion ($3.5 billion) to a variety of charities.

  • bySophie Alexander
Mystery bidder pays $36m to fly with Jeff Bezos to space

Mystery bidder pays $36m to fly with Jeff Bezos to space

The company’s first flight into space is scheduled for July 20,the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

  • byChristian Davenport
How Jeff Bezos’ obsessions built Amazon

How Jeff Bezos’ obsessions built Amazon

From an idea about “single cow burgers” to a sometimes brutal leadership style,the author of a new book gives an insight into the mind of Jeff Bezos.

  • byCara Waters
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World’s richest face tax blow after 40 per cent wealth surge

World’s richest face tax blow after 40 per cent wealth surge

Jeff Bezos has the resources to launch himself into space. Elon Musk does,too. In many ways,though,the richest people left the vast majority of the world behind long ago.

  • byBen Steverman,Laura Davison andWilliam Horobin
The billionaire space race is about egos and wealth

The billionaire space race is about egos and wealth

Jeff Bezos says he has dreamed of going into space since the age of five. But sweeter still than achieving a childhood dream? Beating his billionaire peers in their race to space.

  • byJames Cook andMatthew Field
America’s uber rich pay next to no income tax at all

America’s uber rich pay next to no income tax at all

A source leaked tax data to ProPublica on the wealthiest people in the US,including Jeff Bezos,Elon Musk,Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg.

  • byPaul Wiseman andMarcy Gordon
Amazon’s billionaire founder to fly to space

Amazon’s billionaire founder to fly to space

Jeff Bezos said on Monday that he and his brother Mark would fly on the first crewed space flight from his rocket company Blue Origin.

Spreading its tentacles:Amazon’s MGM swoop sparks fresh Big Tech criticism

Spreading its tentacles:Amazon’s MGM swoop sparks fresh Big Tech criticism

Amazon.com’s takeover of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is sparking fresh criticism about the America’s technology giants

  • byDavid McLaughlin