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Blue Origin Will Be VTOL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the less-glide-for-your-ride dept.

Spy Handler writes "The Blue Origin spacecraft, being built by Amazon.com billionaire Jeff Bezos' new venture, will have VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) capability, according to the company's FAA permit applications. It will be a cone-shaped vehicle about 50 feet tall and 22 feet in diameter at the base, and carry 3 or more passengers to an altitude of 325,000 feet"

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  1. Welcome to 1961 by damburger · · Score: 0, Troll

    Vostok was launched vertically on a rocket, and landed vertically by falling.

    So is a VTOL spacecraft newsworthy?

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    If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?