July 21, 20214 yr 11 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said: The big deal is being lost in the hype. What should be getting the attention is the development of a reusable rocket, specifically the engineering required to land it. Skip to about 9:30 in the video: It's very cool, but unfortunately much of their landing technique doesn't scale up. The New Shepard comes to a full stop in the air, stabilizes, and slowly touches down because the small engine (BE3) can deep throttle down to something like 20% power. Bigger rocket engines have a harder time doing that, with Blue Origin's next-gen BE4 engine no exception. If SpaceX could land the Falcon 9 like that, I'm sure they would. Instead they had to learn how to do a suicide burn at the end to get delta-v to zero right at zero altitude.
July 25, 20214 yr Y’all can ride Bezos’ rocket; if I’m in Van Horn, I’m eating a green chile cheeseburger.
July 25, 20214 yr 16 hours ago, Willfully Horn said: Y’all can ride Bezos’ rocket; if I’m in Van Horn, I’m eating a green chile cheeseburger. With extra chiles., onion, and a fried egg. THEN you jump in Bezos’ USS Kosher Schlong a few hours later and let nature take its course.
October 25, 20214 yr Lmao blue origin is announcing a new commercial space station being built and developed in partnership with boeing. I wouldn't trust starliner to make any resupply or recrew mission on time at this point...
October 25, 20214 yr Will it also be extremely phallic in design? Seems to be par for the course round that joint.
December 11, 20214 yr Alan Shepherd's daughter went into space this morning, along with Michael Strahan and 4 others, on a Blue Origin rocket. A New Shepherd rocket at that.
December 12, 20214 yr That thing looked like it landed hard enough to fix the gap in Strahan's teeth.
March 15, 20223 yr Kanye going to be watching with interest. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-comedian-pete-davidson-blasting-off-to-space-next-week/ar-AAV2vX3 Quote American comedian and actor Pete Davidson, who has made headlines recently for his new relationship with Kim Kardashian, is going to space as part of a six-member team on Blue Origin's next flight next week, the company said Monday. The Saturday Night Live star will be the only non-paying guest on the voyage aboard the New Shepard rocket, which is set to blast off from the company's Launch Site One in West Texas on March 23 at 8:30 am local time (1330 GMT). Quote It will be the fourth human flight for the company, which launched its billionaire founder and owner Jeff Bezos to space on its first crewed mission last summer. Davidson, 28, has been in the news lately for dating reality-star-turned-entrepreneur Kardashian, whose contentious divorce from rapper Kanye West was finalized earlier this month. Quote The other crewmates are CEO and investor Marty Allen; husband and wife Sharon and Marc Hagle, who run a nonprofit and business, respectively; teacher and explorer Jim Kitchen, and George Nield, who founded a company that promotes commercial space activity. The ticket prices remain a secret, as they have since the first flight. The husband and wife Everybody
April 14Apr 14 Bezos' Blue phallic craft about to launch an all-female "crew" on a tourist sub-orbital flight, including Gayle King (Oprahs honey), Katy Perry and Bezos's fiancee Tits McGee
April 14Apr 14 30 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said: Bezos' Blue phallic craft about to launch an all-female "crew" on a tourist sub-orbital flight, including Gayle King (Oprahs honey), Katy Perry and Bezos's fiancee Tits McGee I know nothing about Bezos' relationship with his girlfriend, but blowing up a rocket to walk away from crazy might do it.....so these other chicks, I might sit this flight out.
April 14Apr 14 Not sure what they charge for this - but IMO it is overpriced for a 10 minute sub-orbital experience; without watching it again I'm guessing maybe 3 minutes weightlessness. If I'm paying to be launched into space I want to do a couple of laps around the Big Blue Marble we live on.
April 14Apr 14 1 minute ago, Wally Fairway said: Not sure what they charge for this - but IMO it is overpriced for a 10 minute sub-orbital experience; without watching it again I'm guessing maybe 3 minutes weightlessness. If I'm paying to be launched into space I want to do a couple of laps around the Big Blue Marble we live on. you can rent a refurbished 747 to experience the same thing you experience in that trip- free fall. Same thing you feel for a few seconds on the Guardians of the Galaxy ride at Disney World. But you don't go into "space" in the 747. Space being defined as 62 miles in altitude I believe, a fairly arbitrary height, although I'm sure there is some official reason why "space" begins at that height.
April 14Apr 14 Blue origin flights are just a fancy IG flex that you overpay, or get to ride because of being famous or who you know. Your celebrity is the cost of your ticket. Odds are that eventually there will be an accident and possible fatalities. Then everyone will start talking how they knew there was a problem. Think of the recent Titanic sub disaster even though I don't have any reason to believe Blue Origin is as reckless as that sub company.
April 14Apr 14 New tv show "The *Real* Housewives of Space" will debut on Prime next month. Edited April 14Apr 14 by Chopper
April 14Apr 14 2 hours ago, Wally Fairway said: about to launch an all-female "crew" Your crew in quotation is spot on. These are expensive carnival joy rides. Maybe there is some kind of scientific advancement with these but I’m thinking Bezos has gone from selling crap we don’t need to launching “space” flights we don’t need either.
April 14Apr 14 1 minute ago, Newdoc said: Your crew in quotation is spot on. These are expensive carnival joy rides. Maybe there is some kind of scientific advancement with these but I’m thinking Bezos has gone from selling crap we don’t need to launching “space” flights we don’t need either. You haven't lived till you've been on a cheaply sourced Chinese spaceflight delivered to you overnight by an Amazon Prime delivery driver working a 20 hour shift.
April 14Apr 14 12 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: You haven't lived till you've been on a cheaply sourced Chinese spaceflight delivered to you overnight by an Amazon Prime delivery driver working a 20 hour shift in a diaper. fixed
April 14Apr 14 Was there seriously no other way to design this thing? It absolutely had to look like a penis? Because that's literally all I can think about when the story comes up with photos.
April 14Apr 14 1 hour ago, High Plains Drifter said: Same thing you feel for a few seconds on the Guardians of the Galaxy ride at Disney World. *Land. Still the Tower of Terror @ Disney World.
April 14Apr 14 48 minutes ago, Newdoc said: Your crew in quotation is spot on. These are expensive carnival joy rides. Maybe there is some kind of scientific advancement with these but I’m thinking Bezos has gone from selling crap we don’t need to launching “space” flights we don’t need either. This is exactly correct.
April 14Apr 14 19 minutes ago, 'stache said: Was there seriously no other way to design this thing? It absolutely had to look like a penis? Because that's literally all I can think about when the story comes up with photos.
April 14Apr 14 Also, regarding the penis shape: The capsule that contains the "crew" has to be big enough for the "crew" to experience "weightlessness". Which means they need some room to float around in for a couple of minutes. If they just stayed strapped in their chairs, then the capsule could be smaller, with a diameter the same as the rocket booster. But then famous people couldn't do famous shit that the rest of us don't get to do, and what's the use of being a billionaire then? Bonus: a billionaire gets to troll everybody by launching a giant penis. In other words, its all bullshit.
April 14Apr 14 2 hours ago, Wally Fairway said: Not sure what they charge for this - but IMO it is overpriced for a 10 minute sub-orbital experience; without watching it again I'm guessing maybe 3 minutes weightlessness. If I'm paying to be launched into space I want to do a couple of laps around the Big Blue Marble we live on. Here is a sight where they can book space flights for you - including a circumlunar mission, 10 days in space including orbiting the moon (how much is the lottery?) Orbital Space Experiences - RocketBreaks
April 14Apr 14 The whole thing was a pretty gross spectacle. I watched the (recorded) launch and the return and was a little surprised at the extent to how this made me feel. Self-indulgent, performative crap. Ugh. Just fuck off you bunch of shitheads.
April 14Apr 14 2 hours ago, Chopper said: New tv show "The Housewives of Space" will debut on Prime next month. OR....back to crazy girlfriends, "The housewives debris in low orbit" has a better ring to it. Bezos back a the launch command
April 14Apr 14 Quote Flight NS-31 took off from West Texas on Monday, April 14, in a historic trip set that lasted about eight minutes So...these women took an inspiring journey that lasted twice as long as the average "inspiring journey" that Surly posters take women on. Totally worth it.
April 14Apr 14 3 hours ago, SizzleChest said: The whole thing was a pretty gross spectacle. I watched the (recorded) launch and the return and was a little surprised at the extent to how this made me feel. Self-indulgent, performative crap. Ugh. Just fuck off you bunch of shitheads. Yeah, but they've been to space. Leon Musk hasn't.
April 14Apr 14 8 hours ago, Wally Fairway said: Bezos' Blue phallic craft about to launch an all-female "crew" on a tourist sub-orbital flight, including Gayle King (Oprahs honey), Katy Perry and Bezos's fiancee Tits McGee Passengers is what they wete
April 15Apr 15 5 hours ago, atomheartbevo said: Yeah, but they've been to space. Leon Musk hasn't. Fuck him too. And most of all.
April 15Apr 15 6 hours ago, Brisketexan said: So...these women took an inspiring journey that lasted twice as long as the average "inspiring journey" that Surly posters take women on. Totally worth it. Giving us too much credit
April 15Apr 15 55 minutes ago, elfenix said: Giving us too much credit Ehhh..most of us make sure they climax at least twice before we finish and go to sleep, because we are gentleman of culture. A little NSFW Spoiler
April 15Apr 15 11 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said: Also, regarding the penis shape: The capsule that contains the "crew" has to be big enough for the "crew" to experience "weightlessness". Which means they need some room to float around in for a couple of minutes. If they just stayed strapped in their chairs, then the capsule could be smaller, with a diameter the same as the rocket booster. But then famous people couldn't do famous shit that the rest of us don't get to do, and what's the use of being a billionaire then? Bonus: a billionaire gets to troll everybody by launching a giant penis. In other words, its all bullshit. Elon wanted to build his 3rd grade shitmobile. Pretty sure Jeff just wanted to unleash his version of the Austin Powers joke on the public ...
April 15Apr 15 2 hours ago, Gap03 said: Elon wanted to build his 3rd grade shitmobile. Pretty sure Jeff just wanted to unleash his version of the Austin Powers joke on the public ... Wonder how long until a DOGE-led FAA/NASA try to shut down Blue Origin. Wish I was kidding.
April 15Apr 15 Just caught up on the all female "space" flight story. The left blinker was left on for the entire 8 minutes, and somehow there was extreme curb rash left on the rocket's right side. It also landed with the fuel gauge on empty, to which Besos' girlfriend threw him the keys and asked him to go fill it up so they could go again later. Edited April 15Apr 15 by PvilleStang
April 15Apr 15 7 minutes ago, PvilleStang said: Just caught up on the all female "space" flight story. The left blinker was left on for the entire 8 minutes, and somehow there was extreme curb rash left on the rocket's right side. It also landed with the fuel gauge on empty, to which Besos' girlfriend threw him the keys and asked him to go fill it up so they could go again later. This is what you got after an edit?
April 15Apr 15 8 hours ago, atomheartbevo said: Wonder how long until a DOGE-led FAA/NASA try to shut down Blue Origin. Wish I was kidding. Blue Origin is no threat to NASA or Space X unless Musk decides he wants to get into the Six Flags of "space" exploration. Bezos sits in a sweet spot because he has capitalized on the unquenchable thirst of American consumerism which drives the economy. He keeps his head down politically enough to avoid the ire of the left and the right. His repeated launching of a penis is a sideshow and I give him props for strategically tapping into superficial dopamine release Americans desire in order to make himself one of the richest individuals in modern history. Good for society? No. Good for Bezos and the reshaping of delivery of goods and services? Sure.
April 16Apr 16 No comments on the premature opening of the door from the inside? I like to run everything I see on social media thru surly before I form my own opinion on it
April 16Apr 16 1 hour ago, Cody2422 said: No comments on the premature opening of the door from the inside? I like to run everything I see on social media thru surly before I form my own opinion on it I just saw that. 1- Opens up from the inside 2- opens up inward. um? Yeah, I know it is the sun, but they are running with it. https://www.the-sun.com/tech/14038339/katy-perry-blue-origin-hatch-opens/
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