Blue Origin

[pistonboy]

Interesting video. Apparently this happened this week. I did not see this on the news.

 

[JEBar]

per Spock, fascinating

 

[Jeff Porter]

Interesting video. Apparently this happened this week. I did not see this on the news.

Thanks for this! Anyone know some background information? Was this a private company, if so, who? What's the practical application? Are they 3 years out, 6 years out?

 

[CompTrex]

Thanks for this! Anyone know some background information? Was this a private company, if so, who? What's the practical application? Are they 3 years out, 6 years out?

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015...anding-in-epic-test-flight.html?intcmp=hplnws

 

[Jeff Porter]

From CompTrex's link:

"Blue Origin intends to use the New Shepard vehicle for suborbital space tourism and as a microgravity science laboratory. (Suborbital means the vehicle can fly only to a lower altitude than is necessary to start orbiting the Earth — it would have to travel higher, and faster, to reach altitudes achieved by orbiting satellites or the International Space Station, for example.)"

 

[Gizmo]

Might have to add this to my bucket list!

 

[Ekh]

I don't care that it's 100% OT, it's exciting and way cool -- except for the false impression that this was a genuine manned flight, instead of a system test flight.

 

[pistonboy]

Considering the shape of their rocket, I'm glad they sprayed Champaign instead of whipped cream.

 

[Ekh]

Considering the shape of their rocket, I'm glad they sprayed Champaign instead of whipped cream.

naughty naughty boy!

 

[Gizmo]

naughty naughty boy!

Well..... it made me wonder too as I'm sure it did a few other, as my Aunt would say, purvey minded old men!