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- 1/20 betting odds that Jeff Bezos' Blue origin will be first past the Karman Line
- Betting sites go 1/10 Elon Musk and SpaceX gets to Mars first
- Virgin Galactic not backed to go all the way in either race!
William Shatner became the oldest man at 90 years of age to go to Space when he took the 11-minute suborbital space flight aboard the craft from Amazon Owner Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin project.
Captain Kirk really has been in space now, but as he said himself, this is just the beginning. The space race has just begun in earnest with benchmarks such as the Karman Line and Mars yet come from three companies with rather famous front men all exploring.
- SpaceX - Elon Musk
- Blue Origin - Jess Bezos
- Virgin Galactic - Richard Branson
Bookmakers are betting on a couple of targets in the sights in the eyes of these intrepid explorers.
Karman Line
There is much disagreement or at least discussion to this day as to where Space starts. From a betting perspective, one thought being used as a target is the Karman Line, named after Hungarian physicist Theodore von Kármán who decided that space was 50 miles up, although the official Karma line today is 100 kilometers above sea level (62 miles)
So who will first to take passengers to and beyond the Karman Line?
Space Race Betting: First to go beyond the Karman Line
| Company | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Origin | 1/20 | 95.24% |
| Space X | 8/1 | 11.11% |
| Virgin Galactic | 16/1 | 5.88% |
Mars
Elon Musk and the Space X project are considered to have eyes a little further into the distance and are favorites to win the Space Race to a little further than the 62 miles of the Karman Line.
More than 30 million miles further in fact as Space X are 1/10 favorites with a 90% chance of being the first to reach the red planet.
Space Race: First to Reach Mars Betting
| Company | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Space X | 1/10 | 90.91% |
| Blue Origin | 6/1 | 14.29% |
| Virgin Galactic | 20/1 | 4.76% |
