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| New Jersey plane crash kills Blue Origin astronaut who flew with William Shatner |
| 2021-11-13 |
| [FoxBusinessNews] A Blue Origin astronaut who flew on a Blue Origin rocket with William Shatner has died in a New Jersey plane crash. Glenn M. de Vries, 49, and Thomas P. Fischer, 54, died when a single-engine Cessna 172 crashed on Thursday in Hampton Township. "We are devastated to hear of the sudden passing of Glen de Vries. He brought so much life and energy to the entire Blue Origin team and to his fellow crewmates. His passion for aviation, his charitable work, and his dedication to his craft will long be revered and admired," Blue Origin tweeted on Thursday. De Vries was part of the crew that flew on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket on Oct. 13 with William Shatner. Related: Blue Origin: 2021-11-05 Bezos, Blue Origin reportedly lose appeal in fight against NASA lunar lander contract Blue Origin: 2021-10-14 Star Trek legend William Shatner back on Earth after becoming oldest person to visit space Blue Origin: 2021-09-30 The Verge: Blue Origin ‘gambled’ with its Moon lander pricing, NASA says in legal documents |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #8 Training accident. I've had students do some pretty whacky things. Being taken by surprise or coming late to the party can be fatal. |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2021-11-13 20:27 |
| #7 Vries made his fortune through Medidata Solutions, which has managed more than 25,000 clinical trials involving more than seven million patients I wonder if that company is in any way tied into the one in Britain that was having problems... |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2021-11-13 13:58 |
| #6 Police and the FAA are currently investigating why the plane crashed Gravity is a persistent bitch |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-11-13 13:32 |
| #5 The angel of death had missed his connecting flight on Southwest and got turned around. Oops. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2021-11-13 13:23 |
| #4 I assumed Mr. deVries was a trained astronaut, not tourist cargo. The Daily Mail fleshes out that report with key details: Multi-millionaire businessman, 48, who launched into space with William Shatner on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket last month dies learning to fly
According to the Sun, he’s a software almost-billionaire. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-11-13 12:44 |
| #3 To be a bona fide mega donor, you have to give millions in total to PACs or individual politicians. This guy gave hundreds of thousands to the Dems for the 2020 election cycle. Not mega, but still a fairly big fish. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2021-11-13 10:50 |
| #2 I thought he wore a blue shirt? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-11-13 08:41 |
| #1 "I have information tying Jeff Bezos, Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein...." *BOOM* |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-11-13 07:57 |