Jeff Bezos is planning human test space flights by 2017

Jeff Bezos is planning human test space flights by 2017: Amazon boss says 'thousands' want to pay to be on board Private space firm Blue Origin expects its first test flights with people to take off in 2017, the company's founder Jeff Bezos has revealed. During a tour of the venture's research and development site outside Seattle, Bezos said thousands of people have expressed interest in eventually paying for a trip on a suborbital craft. But the company isn't taking deposits yet, so it's unclear whether thousands of interested space travellers will translate into sales.