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A mystery person has paid $28m in an auction held on Saturday, for a seat on Jeff Bezos's first crewed spaceflight by Jeff's own company, Blue Origin. The company said that the winner's identity would be revealed in the coming weeks. The other two crew members of the 20 July flight are Mr Bezos' brother Mark and an unnamed space tourist. The bidding process attracted interest from more than 140 countries. After a nearly month, the top bid had stood at just under $5m, but once Saturday's online auction got under way that figure rose more than five times. "The…