Blue Origin

louis · 2015-11-24 10:22:21

My sort of video!

https://www.blueorigin.com/#youtube9pillaOxGCo

Appears Blue Origin have perfected the art of a soft landing!

SpaceNut · 2015-11-24 12:57:18

Had to switch to a different browser whats next change the computer operating system or even the computer. When was the last time the internet had a stable viewing platform.....

I see that it was the first flight for the New Shephard to a hieght of 307,000 feet and sticks the landing....its a fully reusable vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) space vehicle.

The New Shepard capsule’s interior is an ample 530 cubic feet—offering over 10 times the room Alan Shepard had on his Mercury flight. It seats six astronauts and is large enough for you to float freely and turn weightless somersaults.

Fully reuseable sub orbital flights.....

SpaceNut · 2015-11-24 18:39:32

This is also the Blue Origin Be-4 engine that ULA is looking to have for a replacement to be used in the atlas V ....

SpaceNut · 2016-04-03 18:59:42

3 times up and down successfully

Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin launches and successfully lands rocket

Both the rocket and the capsule, which will eventually carry paying customers, landed successfully. During this test, the capsule was carrying two microgravity experiments from the Southwest Research Institute and the University of Central Florida.
The SRI contributed its "Box of Rocks Experiment" (BORE) -- a box of loose rocks that "mimic the surface conditions on asteroids." The second experiment, "Collisions Into Dust Experiment" (COLLIDE), involved a box of dust and a marble that "mimic impacts between objects in microgravity."
Unlike other capsules, Blue Origin's is completely automated so no pilots are inside to control it -- this reduces risk of casualties and human error.

tahanson43206 · 2020-09-08 11:57:49

This is the earliest topic created with Blue and Origin in the title ...

The article at the link below is an overview and update on status of Blue Origin.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/blue … 55108.html

There won't be anything new for NewMars readers (most likely) but the article pulls a lot together in a readable way.

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SpaceNut · 2020-09-08 18:43:21

That is for the New Shepard spacecraft, a suborbital vehicle which is just one of the ventures that they are involved in. Another is the engines for the new atlas v replacement and the new Glenn which is there own ship to orbit.

tahanson43206 · 2020-09-23 11:28:34

Here is an update about Blue Origin hiring a lead for space development ...

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/blue … 14272.html

This person might be a customer for a well designed, well supported Large Space Transport.

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SpaceNut · 2020-10-15 18:10:02

Blue Origin launches, lands NASA moon landing sensor experiment

Lunar landings are important to Blue Origin because it leads the so-called National Team in developing a human lander for future moon missions. The team includes Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper.
The sensors are the first payload to fly mounted on the exterior of a New Shepard booster rather than inside its capsule, which the company said could open up opportunities for other exterior technology, including "a wide range of future high-altitude sensing, sampling and exposure payloads."

SpaceNut · 2020-12-17 19:01:59

NASA green lights Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin for future missions, including planetary expeditions and satellite launches

The contract will also allow NASA centers in the US to design a spacecraft around the 310-foot New Glenn booster, which is expected to launch in 2021.
The New Glenn rocket is a 310-foot reusable booster, expected to be launched in 2021. It is designed to lift 45 tons into low-Earth orbit - a third more tonnage than SpaceX's Falcon Heavy can lift.
Under the contract, NASA centers in the US will be able to "design spacecraft to take advantage of New Glenn's unique seven-meter fairing and heavy-lift performance for a broad range of missions."
NASA said in a statement Wednesday Blue Origin's that New Glenn would be eligible for missions through December 2027.
This isn't the first time NASA has chosen to work with Blue Origin.
In May, NASA awarded Blue Origin, Elon Musk's SpaceX, and Dynetics nearly $1 billion to produce initial designs for a human-landing system for the Artemis 3 mission. Bezos' aerospace company, founded in 2000, is competing against these companies to land NASA astronauts, and possibly the first woman, on the moon in 2024,
NASA announced November 9 it had picked 17 US companies, including Blue Origin and SpaceX, to develop new tech for space missions. The chosen firms will get access to NASA's testing facilities and expertise, which it valued at about $15.5 million.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa … h-services

Seems Nasa is playing budget line switching to aid in the funding of SLS and the Gateway by getting the cheaper commercial launchers to do the work that was listed under other sls lines....

SpaceNut · 2020-12-17 19:03:52

NASA awards launch services contract to Blue Origin for New Glenn launch services

NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) to use for future missions in accordance with the on-ramp provision of NLS II.
The NLS II is a multiple-supplier, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle with an ordering period through June 2025 and an overall period of performance through December 2027.
NLS II contractors must have the ability to successfully launch and deliver a payload to orbit using a domestic launch service capable of placing, at minimum, a 250 kg (551 lb.) payload into a 200 km (124 mile) circular orbit at an inclination of 28.5 degrees.

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https://www.geekwire.com/2020/blue-orig … a-factory/

The BE-4 engine, which uses liquefied natural gas as fuel and can deliver up to 550,000 pounds of thrust, is destined to power not only ULA’s semi-reusable Vulcan rocket, but Blue Origin’s reusable New Glenn booster as well. Both launch vehicles are due to start flying next year.
A hydrogen-fueled engine optimized for use in the vacuum of space, known as the BE-3U, will be made in Huntsville as well. That breed of engine will power the New Glenn’s upper stage with up to 160,000 pounds of thrust. (For what it’s worth, “BE” stands for Blue Engine.)

SpaceNut · 2021-02-10 19:51:43

Blue Origin shows off an on-the-ground pathfinder version of its cargo lunar lander BB1dyg7v.img?h=450&w=799&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f

The pathfinder lander has been taking shape at the factory that Blue Origin recently opened in Huntsville, Ala. That factory is responsible for manufacturing the descent element for a human-capable landing system, as well as the BE-4 engines for Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket.
https://www.geekwire.com/2020/blue-orig … a-factory/
Blue Origin’s heavy-duty landers are being designed to deliver a metric ton of payload to the lunar surface. The company intends to have a cargo-only version of the descent element lander ready to take on a demonstration mission to the moon one year in advance of the first crewed landing for NASA’s Artemis program.
NASA has awarded Texas-based Firefly Aerospace a $93 million contract to deliver a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to the moon in 2023, using Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander. The award is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.

This can happen as its already tested the engines required...

Grypd · 2021-03-04 17:01:40

Bad news they have put back (again) the launch of the new glenn rocket to at least the last quarter of 2023

SpaceNut · 2021-04-29 20:51:47

Now I see why the topics of Blue Origin are mixed....
The New Shepard is the tourist joy ride and they are soon to begin...
Pricing was not revealed, but more details are set to be released May 5 to those who submit their name and email on the Blue Origin website.

SpaceNut · 2021-05-06 21:41:55

Blue Origin opens auction for 1st passenger on New Shepard rocket to space in July

Bidding is open for ride aboard Jeff Bezos' space rocket

RobertDyck · 2021-05-07 05:06:51

What's up with the legs on their lander? I'm all for a wide stance so it can land on uneven ground, but really? That much? The Apollo LM had legs attached to the descent module, they didn't attach to the top of the ascent module. And again, that wide?

louis · 2021-05-07 17:16:24

I can't understand the design either. You still don't want to land on a boulder do you? So now the area of risk is much larger.

Anyway, Space X are now miles ahead in this game. Orbital flight of a Starship seems a strong possibility by end of this year or maybe even by early Autumn. A lunar landing can't be that far away.

RobertDyck wrote:

What's up with the legs on their lander? I'm all for a wide stance so it can land on uneven ground, but really? That much? The Apollo LM had legs attached to the descent module, they didn't attach to the top of the ascent module. And again, that wide?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Apollo16LM.jpg/1024px-Apollo16LM.jpg

SpaceNut · 2021-05-07 19:05:50

Its more stable with the uneven plus regolith that was soft on the moon. The issue of the boulder is one of smacking the engines.

Mars_B4_Moon · 2021-05-21 07:48:23

A lot of talk the past 20 years, still sub-orbital

Divorces, Unions and Lawsuits, shares ownership or other interests.

Every movement tracked and Slave like Conditions where Workers would pee into bottles? Union challenges Bezos on workers’ rights as Amazon triples profits

NASA can chose Musk's SpaceX and its large advantage over Bezos' Blue Origin
but Bezos wants more Lawsuits, played by lawyers, sleazy attorney and lobbying. Amazon is where it is because it was so effective at lawsuits and owning corrupted politicians
against Bezos even other groups like Virgin may actually come out on top?

https://nypost.com/2021/05/18/bill-and- … y-divorce/
Bill and Melinda Gates tap lawyers from Jeff Bezos’ costly divorce

SpaceNut · 2021-05-21 19:33:05

The lawsuit was to be towards the goals that Nasa had want it built to but when you change the game to a different set of goals I would speak out as well.
Primary for nasa was for the items to be compatible with Orion sls launch system and space x is not....

Mars_B4_Moon · 2021-05-23 05:31:16

...21 years

Bezos Amazon still behind?

Virgin Galactic rocket ship ascends from New Mexico
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-virgin-ga … cends.html

In space milestone, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic completes first manned space flight
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united- … n-galactic

Last edited by Mars_B4_Moon (2021-05-23 05:32:09)

tahanson43206 · 2021-11-27 08:09:17

For SpaceNut .... This is one of two identical topics created by Louis....

I chose this one for this post because it only had 19 replies, compared to 93 for the other identical topic.

I was surprised to discover that the FluxBB software does NOT prevent duplicate topics.

It appears that a forum member can create an unlimited (infinite) number of identical topics.

This post is about Jeff Bezos, and his leadership principles that (appear to have) helped him to build a world-class company, working with ordinary human beings.

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https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/jeff … 00763.html

The fifth principle, and perhaps the overriding one, is his "abiding optimism of the future and how we are only in Day 1," Alberg wrote. Bezos' "Day 1" philosophy is based on the broader idea that although the internet and Amazon may seem mature and in successive phases to many, Bezos believes, we are still at the beginning.
"It is his ultimate expression of optimism about what the future will bring," Alberg wrote.
These principles are "no secret," Alberg added. "But you have to live by them all of the time, and most businesses are unwilling or unable to do so."
Read the original article on Business Insider

Zahra Tayeb
Fri, November 26, 2021 6:45 AM

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SpaceNut · 2021-11-27 11:20:21

I see that the same names are both under Human while I found that the company name was used for all of the products that they are developing which cover the sub orbital flights, the rocket that ULA is getting as a replacement for the atlas, the lunar landers ect...

Some of this is to the narrow mindedness of the initial post and others can not remember that we have a broad topic for use.

Blue Origin Press Release

Blue Origin

Blue Origins capsule for New Shepard

Blue Origin test flight

We have some of these triumphs in the sub orbital tourism topics as well as in the COTs developing

We have the same issues with the space x topics as well...

Mars_B4_Moon · 2024-03-06 14:45:54

Blue Origin Targets 2025 For Cargo Lander's Inaugural Moon Trip, With Humans To Follow

https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/0 … w#comments

SpaceNut · 2024-05-20 12:31:24

Its been a while but Blue Origin shoots 6 tourists into space after nearly 2-year hiatus: Meet the new astronauts

Last year the FAA closed a review of the New Shepard investigation and required Blue Origin to make nearly two dozen corrections before a future mission, including an engine redesign and organizational shifts.

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