Jeff Bezos has returned successfully from <a href="https://vt.co/sci-tech/jeff-bezos-has-reached-the-edge-of-space-in-his-own-rocket-ship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his mission into space</a> following Blue Origin's first manned flight. Despite the large online <a href="https://vt.co/sci-tech/space/petition-for-jeff-bezos-to-stay-in-space-surpasses-150000-signatures" target="_blank" rel="noopener">petition launched with the aim of keeping him off the earth</a>, the 57-year-old Amazon founder traveled to and came back from space on Tuesday, July 20. It was certainly history in the making. Following in the footsteps of <a href="https://vt.co/news/world/richard-branson-reaches-space-crew-virgin-galactic-rocket" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fellow billionaire Richard Branson</a>, Bezos joined the crew of the new Blue Origin rocket, the so-called "New Shepard". However, a number of social media users were more focused on the shape of Bezos' rocket than on the momentous occasion itself - labeling it phallic or unintentionally Freudian. [[twittwerwidget||https://twitter.com/ambermruffin/status/1417475558871547911]] For example, one person stated: "Why is Jeff Bezos going into space in a giant dildo?" [[twittwerwidget||https://twitter.com/thejessgoodwin/status/1417473629458206730]] Then this Twitter user wrote: "Wait did everyone else know Jeff Bezos' rocket ship looks like a giant penis?" [[twittwerwidget||https://twitter.com/SirKinahjb/status/1417473682956488705]] And another commenter compared it to a scene from the comedy movie Austin Powers, stating: "I'm not the only person thinking of Austin Powers right now?" [[twittwerwidget||https://twitter.com/Centrefuter/status/1417474354573684736]] Finally, a fourth Twitter user added: "Is it just me or does Jeff Bezos's ship look like a massive dildo..." The Blue Origin capsule carried by the rocket, containing the four-person crew, landed safely on the launch pad about ten minutes after its departure, per <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57849364" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBC News</a>. Bezos was joined on his mission by his brother, Mark Bezos, 82-year-old aviation expert Wally Funk, and 18-year-old student Oliver Daemen. This 10-minute and 30-second-long trip took the foursome up to an altitude of around 350,000ft, before parachuting them down again to land safely in the desert of West Texas. <img class="size-full wp-image-1263118750" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/07/efdc-1-1.jpeg" alt="" width="1535" height="1338" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy/UPI]] BBC News reports that a number of important artifacts in the history of aviation were brought along on the trip. These included a piece of canvas used on the Wright brothers' first plane, a medallion created out of the vehicle that performed the first hot air balloon flight in 1783, as well a pair of goggles belonging to Amelia Earhart. In <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1417514663886180356" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a statement made at a press conference</a> following the trip, Bezos stated: "I wanna thank every Amazon employee and every Amazon customer because you guys paid for all this." <h6>Featured Image Credit: Alamy/Erik Pendzich</h6>

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