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The Dutch teenager who became the world’s youngest space traveler this week surprised billionaire Jeff Bezos on the flight by telling him he’d never ordered anything on Amazon. Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old physics student, accompanied Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos and 82-year-old female aviator Wally Funk – the oldest person to go to space -…

Flying car is a term that’s thrown around a lot lately, but often applied to quadrocopters that aren’t designed to be driven on the road. There are a few legitimate “roadable aircraft” out there, however, and one prototype has just completed its first intercity test flight. The Klein Vision AirCar is a Slovakian-designed two-passenger vehicle with four…

The bidding battle for a seat on Jeff Bezos’ spacecraft has reached new heights. Pre-auction bidding for a slot on Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’ July 20 Blue Origin flight closed Thursday at nearly $5 million, according to the space company’s website. The live auction for the seat launches this Saturday at 12:45…