- The petition to prevent Jeff Bezos from returning to Earth collected more than 185,000 signatures.
- The most signed one is “Don’t Let Jeff Bezos Return to Earth”.
- Bezos will fly to the edge of space on Tuesday for the first manned flight of Blue Origin.
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More than 185,000 people signed a petition calling for the prevention of Jeff Bezos’ return to Earth He rushed into space Tuesday.
Bezos, founder of Space Exploration Company Blue origin, Said on June 7 He and his brother Mark Bezos will fly into space In the company New Shepard Rockets In its first manned flight on July 20.
Three days after Bezos announced the news, he initiated two petitions to try to prevent the billionaire from returning to Earth.
More than 163,000 people have signed Change.org petition The title is “Don’t Let Jeff Bezos Return to Earth”.
“Billionaires should not exist…on earth or in space, but if they decide the latter, they should stay there,” the petition’s description said.
Some signatories gave reasons for signing the petition, including such things as “to be put back on the earth is a privilege, not a right” and “the earth does not want people like Jeff, Bill, Elon and other such billionaires.” Wait for comments. This seems to be mentioned by Bill Gates and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
other petitionThe petition titled “Not Allowing Jeff Bezos to Return to Earth” has accumulated more than 22,000 signatures.
Jose Ortiz, who initiated the petition, described in his description that Bezos is “an evil overlord who wants to rule the world.”
“The destiny of mankind is in your hands,” Ortiz also wrote.
According to the website, the two petitions have been seeking 25,000 to 50,000 signatures, which will make them the two most signed petitions on Change.org.
Bezos flew to the edge of space in New Shepard with his brother, 82-year-old pilot Wally Fink, and 18-year-old Oliver Damen from the Netherlands. They will be strapped to a dome-shaped space capsule on top of the rocket booster.
Once the new Shepard reaches the Carmen Line-an imaginary boundary 100 kilometers from the surface of the Earth-the capsule is designed to separate from the booster, re-enter the atmosphere, and float back to Earth with the help of a parachute.
Bezos said in a video: “I want to take this flight because this is something I want to do all my life.” Post to Instagram June 7. “This is an adventure-it means a lot to me.”
