According to New Jersey State Police, 49-year-old Glen de Vries, a businessman who flew to space last month with Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin, died in a small plane crash on Thursday.
with Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin, died in a small plane crash on Thursday. He was 49, according to New Jersey State Police.
The plane crashed in Sussex County, New Jersey, just before 3 p.m. De Vries and 54-year-old Thomas P. Fischer were killed. The FAA is investigating the crash, state police said. De Vries, a private pilot in his spare time, was trained as a molecular biologist and co-founded Medidata Solutions, the most-used clinical research platform in the world. The company's software has managed more than 25,000 clinical trials involving more than seven million patients. Dassault Systèmes acquired the company in 1999 for $5.8 billion."Our thoughts and support go out to Glen's family," a Dassault Systèmes spokesperson said in a statement on Friday.
"I am actually looking forward to seeing the Earth from a different perspective than I ever had before," he said in the interview. "I just can't wait to stare out that window and feel differently about humanity and our planet than I've ever had the opportunity to before."that it was an experience unlike any other. He said he hoped to get others interested in the space industry so they can experience it too.
He said that includes making space travel cheaper so more people have the opportunity. It is not clear how much de Vries paid for his seat on the Blue Origin flight.
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