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JeffBezos plans to be on BlueOrigin’s inaugural New Shepard rocket flight
2021-06-08
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Posted by:Fred

#9  I hope it blows up
Posted by: Chris   2021-06-08 14:58  

#8  Well, bye.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-06-08 12:27  

#7  Tell me when they make one(+) complete orbits, otherwise shut up.
Posted by: magpie   2021-06-08 09:44  

#6  
"One small step for a chimp, one giant leap for Bezos' kind."

Posted by: Black Charlie Prince of the Jutes1819   2021-06-08 08:18  

#5  an eleven minute flight most of which is unpleasant because of the accel or deccel

just for a few moments of bliss when you see earth

I'll have to admit that the time I saw a real live solar eclipse was fantastic but I only had to endure travel, traffic and parking problems to see it.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-06-08 07:52  

#4  I'm all for sending the oligarchs into space. It's their return I have issues with.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-06-08 06:38  

#3  Yawn. Call us when you can do real spaceflight: get to orbit and safely return in a fully man-rated spacecraft. Otherwise its just a glorified vomit comet ride.

Right now, that's Soyuz/Shenzhou and Falcon9+Dragon. And after this stunt it will remain Soyuz/Shenzhou and Falcon9+Dragon.

The only thing even close on the horizon is that Nasa corporate Boeing/Lockheed/Northrop bailout craft if it ever flies, and that crazy Heinlein rocket Elon Musk has down in Texas.

My money is on Musk - with rockets looking and landing the way God and Heinlein intended them to.


Posted by: These Forkbeard7574   2021-06-08 05:44  

#2  ...and donkeys will be sent up shortly!
Posted by: Raj   2021-06-08 00:25  

#1  Monkeys were sent up in missiles at White Sands Proving Ground in the 50's.
Posted by: crazyhorse   2021-06-08 00:18  

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