Bidding on space flight with Jeff Bezos to start at $4.8M

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 p.m. with an opening bid of $4.8 million, according to Blue Origin.