Jeff Bezos thanks Amazon customers for paying for his space flight after safe landing杰夫贝索斯感谢亚马逊客户在安全着陆后支付他的太空飞行费用

The Amazon founder gave a thumbs up after completing the 11-minute flight.这位亚马逊创始人在完成 11 分钟的飞行后竖起了大拇指。

The world's richest man Jeff Bezos has thanked Amazon customers for paying for his private spaceflight, which he said was the "best day ever".世界首富杰夫贝索斯感谢亚马逊客户为他的私人太空飞行付费，他说这是“有史以来最好的一天”。

Speaking after his safe landing in Texas, the 57-year-old billionaire said: "Thank you from the bottom of my heart. It's very appreciated."这位 57 岁的亿万富翁在安全着陆得克萨斯州后说：“从心底里感谢你。非常感谢。”

When asked how it felt going into space, the Amazon founder exclaimed: "Oh my God! My expectations were high and they were dramatically exceeded."当被问及进入太空的感觉时，这位亚马逊创始人惊呼：“天哪！我的期望很高，而且大大超出了我的期望。”

He went on to speak about how zero gravity felt "so normal" but that he could now vouch for the Earth's fragility.他继续谈到零重力感觉如何“如此正常”，但他现在可以为地球的脆弱性做出保证。

"We're damaging it," he said, adding that being able to see the planet's atmosphere for himself was "very profound".“我们正在破坏它，”他说，并补充说能够亲眼看到这颗行星的大气层“非常深刻”。

Mr Bezos achieved his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut 52 years to the day it was sparked by watching Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon.贝佐斯先生实现了他 52 年成为宇航员的童年梦想，直到看到尼尔阿姆斯特朗和巴兹奥尔德林在月球上行走的那一天。

After exiting the pod the tech founder and his brother hugged their parents Jackie and Mike, with Ms Funk thanking the pair for the experience - 60 years after she trained for it but wasn't allowed to go.离开吊舱后，科技创始人和他的兄弟拥抱了他们的父母杰基和迈克，芬克女士感谢这对夫妇的经历——在她接受训练但被禁止离开 60 年后。

At the apogee of their journey, which was 11 minutes in total, the astronauts had an opportunity to take in extraordinary views of Earth and get out of their seats and float around the cabin for about four minutes.在他们旅程的最高点（总共 11 分钟）时，宇航员有机会欣赏地球的非凡景色，并离开座位并在机舱周围漂浮大约四分钟。

The four became the first people to lift off aboard the New Shepard rocket built by the entrepreneur's private spaceflight company Blue Origin.这四人成为第一批登上由企业家私人航天公司 Blue Origin 制造的 New Shepard 火箭升空的人。

The crew took several historic items with them, including the pair of goggles used by Amelia Earhart when she flew across the Atlantic.机组人员随身携带了几件具有历史意义的物品，包括阿米莉亚·埃尔哈特 (Amelia Earhart) 飞越大西洋时使用的一副护目镜。

They also took a brass medal made from the first hot air balloon which flew in 1783, as well ass canvas from the plane flown by the Wright brothers.他们还获得了一枚由 1783 年飞行的第一只热气球制成的黄铜奖章，以及莱特兄弟驾驶的飞机上的帆布。

During this post-flight press conference, Mr Bezos gave his mother a feather necklace he wore on the voyage.在这次飞行后的新闻发布会上，贝索斯先生送给了他母亲一条他在航程中戴的羽毛项链。

"I know it's going to change me and I'm excited to find out how," Mr Bezos told CNN in an interview before the flight.“我知道这会改变我，我很高兴知道如何改变，”贝索斯先生在飞行前接受 CNN 采访时说。

Ms Funk said she felt like she was 24 years old ahead of the launch: "It's great, I love being here."芬克女士说，她觉得自己在发布前就已经 24 岁了：“太棒了，我喜欢在这里。”

Dutch teenager Oliver Daemen was Blue Origin's first paying passenger, replacing an anonymous person who had previously bid $28m (£20.6m) for a seat on the flight.荷兰少年奥利弗·达门 (Oliver Daemen) 是 Blue Origin 的第一位付费乘客，取代了之前以 2800 万美元（2060 万英镑）出价购买航班座位的匿名人士。

Blue Origin said the mystery bidder knew that the flight was scheduled for 20 July before placing their bid, but they subsequently deferred their place "due to scheduling conflicts".Blue Origin 表示，神秘竞标者在竞标之前就知道该航班原定于 7 月 20 日起飞，但随后“由于时间安排冲突”，他们推迟了竞标。