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A Few Photos From Secretive Blue Origin: Is That a Crew Capsule?

Posted by timothy on from the no-way-man-area-51-is-way-more-secret dept.

RocketAcademy writes "Among the emerging commercial space transportation companies, Blue Origin is the most secretive and mysterious. A VIP tour by NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver afforded a rare glimpse inside Blue Origin's headquarters, including a look at what appears to be a Blue Origin crew capsule."

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  1. Won't work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    This private space buzz will die out just like it did the first time. (link)

    I fail to see the entertainment value in going up in an uncontrollable firecracker to go float around a cramped tin can for a few minutes.

    With 1970s tech you can outfly a Saturn V to 100,000 feet and have the fun of being in a fighter jet. It's called a F-15 Streak Eagle. If there were so much demand for these types of trips, there would be a lot more private jet fighters since a few decades.

    This private space nonsense is just this generation's millionaires' fantasies.

    F-15 Streak Eagle: " In setting the last of the eight records, it reached an altitude of 98,425 feet just 3 minutes, 27.8 seconds from brake release at takeoff and "coasted" to nearly 103,000 feet before descending."