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Secretive Blue Origin Reveals New Details of Spacecraft Plans
"The curtain of secrecy is being raised by Blue Origin,
a private entrepreneurial space group designing both suborbital and orbital vehicles. Backed by Amazon.com mogul Jeff Bezos, the Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin group has completed wind tunnel testing of its next-generation craft, simply called the "Space Vehicle." It would transport up to seven astronauts to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station. Though the company has been stingy on public information in the past, new details of the recent work have been released." See: http://news.yahoo.com/secretive-blue...GlvbnM-;_ylv=3 |
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Secretive Blue Origin Reveals New Details of Spacecraft Plans
In article 3960bfd2-c332-4ff7-b368-39b500eb41a2
@a3g2000vbm.googlegroups.com, says... Secretive Blue Origin Reveals New Details of Spacecraft Plans Since the original link seems to be far too long for my newsreader to handle, I searched for the original article. I think this is it: Secretive Blue Origin Reveals New Details of Spacecraft Plans by Leonard David, SPACE.com?s Space Insider Columnist Date: 04 May 2012 Time: 04:01 PM ET http://www.space.com/15546-blue-orig...t-testing.html Here's hoping the CFD and wind tunnel tests were good enough to vet any problems in the hypersonic regime. Jeff -- " Ares 1 is a prime example of the fact that NASA just can't get it up anymore... and when they can, it doesn't stay up long. " - tinker |
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Secretive Blue Origin Reveals New Details of Spacecraft Plans
Jeff Findley writes:
Here's hoping the CFD and wind tunnel tests were good enough to vet any problems in the hypersonic regime. It's funny: I think we never had so much spacecraft diversity, now that NASA more less bailed out. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery |
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Secretive Blue Origin Reveals New Details of Spacecraft Plans
"Jochem Huhmann" wrote in message ...
Jeff Findley writes: Here's hoping the CFD and wind tunnel tests were good enough to vet any problems in the hypersonic regime. It's funny: I think we never had so much spacecraft diversity, now that NASA more less bailed out. Very telling. You might even say there's a lesson to be learned there. :-) Jochem -- Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net |
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Secretive Blue Origin Reveals New Details of Spacecraft Plans
On May 7, 1:47*pm, Jochem Huhmann wrote:
Jeff Findley writes: Here's hoping the CFD and wind tunnel tests were good enough to vet any problems in the hypersonic regime. It's funny: I think we never had so much spacecraft diversity, now that NASA more less bailed out. NASA hasn't "bailed out". If it wasn't for NASA, none of this would be happening right now. If it weren't for NASA's COTS support, we would be crossing our fingers while SpaceX still struggled with a finicky Falcon 1. -Mike |
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Secretive Blue Origin Reveals New Details of Spacecraft Plans
On 5/9/2012 1:54 AM, Mike DiCenso wrote:
On May 7, 1:47 pm, Jochem wrote: Jeff writes: Here's hoping the CFD and wind tunnel tests were good enough to vet any problems in the hypersonic regime. It's funny: I think we never had so much spacecraft diversity, now that NASA more less bailed out. NASA hasn't "bailed out". If it wasn't for NASA, none of this would be happening right now. If it weren't for NASA's COTS support, we would be crossing our fingers while SpaceX still struggled with a finicky Falcon 1. -Mike I agree with this last point. Unfortunately, I also have to agree with Jeff's point, Congress through simple appropriation 're-direction' could change this policy in a political "heartbeat". A worthy follow-up question, how much more COTS funding is needed before SpaceX et al can tell NASA it doesn't need their money any more? This would be a great corporate "trade-secret" for SpaceX to guard cautiously. It's their one true version of the equivalent of the formula for Coca-Cola syrup... Their survival (and New Space in general) may ultimately depend upon their knowing that figure before Congress-critters can figure it out. Dave |
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