Space.com: Lucky ticket to space: How a Tennessee cardiologist made it to the final frontier

At 4:30 a.m. on Aug. 29, a small group of media members gathered in the parking lot of a hotel in Van Horn, Texas, ready to follow the Blue Origin media representative's car in a convoy to the launch site. We drove through the dark West Texas desert for half an hour, cautiously scanning the road for any animals that might cross our path. …