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Posted: 2015-04-30T21:04:56Z | Updated: 2015-05-01T20:59:02Z

Ground control to Major Johnson.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, successfully launched the New Shepard spaceship on Wednesday, bringing the company one step closer to commercial space flight.

The rocket reached speeds of Mach 3 and an altitude of 307,000 feet before safely landing, the company wrote in a blog post .

Those are some impressive stats that any man would be proud of ... but as Mashable rightly notes, the only thing that anyone really noticed was that New Shepard looks like a penis .

Mashable wasn't the only one who pointed the similarity out:

Jeff Bezos just launched the most phallic rocket of all time http://t.co/fEFZMGrUFY pic.twitter.com/IpXuPgaAbt

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Jeff Bezos just launched the most phallic rocket of all time http://t.co/fEFZMGrUFY pic.twitter.com/IpXuPgaAbt

Rowan Hooper (@rowhoop) April 30, 2015

And its Jewish! @rowhoop: Jeff Bezos just launched the most phallic rocket of all time http://t.co/lMSVA7zgHO pic.twitter.com/i19Cqtj6DV

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And its Jewish! @rowhoop : Jeff Bezos just launched the most phallic rocket of all time http://t.co/lMSVA7zgHO pic.twitter.com/i19Cqtj6DV

Leah Burrows (@wordsbyleah) April 30, 2015

Rich boys and their phallic toys // Jeff Bezos has a rocket now, too. http://t.co/VCRVbvzMK2 #space

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Rich boys and their phallic toys // Jeff Bezos has a rocket now, too. http://t.co/VCRVbvzMK2 #space

Trace (@tracedominguez) April 30, 2015

Congratulations, Jeff Bezos, you've officially made the most penis-y rocket ship ever. http://t.co/NsMUU9Fp6f

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Congratulations, Jeff Bezos, you've officially made the most penis-y rocket ship ever. http://t.co/NsMUU9Fp6f

Kelly. (@Punkrock666) April 30, 2015

The rocket was unmanned this time, but the plan is for it to carry up to six people, according to the BBC.

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