Ultimate Steve Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 23 minutes ago, tater said: Given Bezos names rockets after "first" US Astronauts, it would be a US pilot. Eugene Ely was the first US pilot to land on a ship. So, by that logic, naming a Mars Spaceship "New Musk" would be completely out of the question, because he is South African. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 He's not planning on being the first passenger, so it doesn't matter, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 (edited) „New Musk“ sounds like something you‘d find in the perfume section. Edited April 4, 2019 by Canopus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatGuyWithALongUsername Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 49 minutes ago, Canopus said: „New Musk“ sounds like something you‘d find in the perfume section. Yeah, but... so does Elon Musk, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) Relevant to this topic, partial terms of the Bezos divorce settlement were announced today. Jeff is retaining full control of the Washington Post, all their Blue Origin shares, and 75% of all their Amazon shares. He also retains the right to vote the Amazon shares that Mackenzie owns. (Other assets were not discussed, but probably Mackenzie got just about about everything else, as those announced shares are more than half of the couple's total wealth.) Looks like Jeff very much wanted to keep the newspaper and the rocket company, plus control of Amazon. Edited April 5, 2019 by mikegarrison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 7 hours ago, mikegarrison said: Relevant to this topic, partial terms of the Bezos divorce settlement were announced today. Jeff is retaining full control of the Washington Post, all their Blue Origin shares, and 75% of all their Amazon shares. He also retains the right to vote the Amazon shares that Mackenzie owns. (Other assets were not discussed, but probably Mackenzie got just about about everything else, as those announced shares are more than half of the couple's total wealth.) Looks like Jeff very much wanted to keep the newspaper and the rocket company, plus control of Amazon. BO is the only chance for Bozos to beat Musk... Apart from being wealthier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 (edited) Blue Origin has named their first crew carrying space capsule the RSS First Step. Edited April 18, 2019 by Ultimate Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Looks like some sort of announcement related to Shackleton Crater in a few weeks (since picture is of Endurance). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatGuyWithALongUsername Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 1 hour ago, tater said: Looks like some sort of announcement related to Shackleton Crater in a few weeks (since picture is of Endurance). Sounds like some details on Blue Moon to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 (edited) (probably a myth) Edited April 27, 2019 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 On 4/27/2019 at 5:18 PM, tater said: (probably a myth) It might be plausible, its plenty of people, even very qualified ones who might sign up. My best friend was one of them and died in his quest for fame and riches, it was an natural death as in stress related. Very sad but pretty predictable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 13 hours ago, magnemoe said: It might be plausible, its plenty of people, even very qualified ones who might sign up. My best friend was one of them and died in his quest for fame and riches, it was an natural death as in stress related. Very sad but pretty predictable. I don‘t think they will ask anyone to fly to the moon. Shackleton might be a name for a manned lunar Lander they propose, or even just the name for their recovery ship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaverickSawyer Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 (edited) https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1123615030098837505 Quote We are targeting the next launch of #NewShepard tomorrow May 2nd at 8:30 am CDT / 13:30 UTC. The mission will take 38 microgravity research payloads to space. Watch the launch live at http://www.blueorigin.com #NS11 Edited May 1, 2019 by MaverickSawyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 That is not much notice! Will this be tail 3 or 4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 YT livestream started: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawelk198604 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Watching it right now :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Interesting that that is a different feed than BO's (not live yet): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Yo, again blocked. I'm in Spanish though and can't access my new phone, so keep me posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HebaruSan Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Many mentions of their customers. Who buys a slot on a suborbital test? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Does anyone know if this was tail 3 or tail 4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 4 hours ago, HebaruSan said: Many mentions of their customers. Who buys a slot on a suborbital test? NASA, for one. They’ve been mentioned as having their own research payloads aboard several flights. There are other payers, too, just as there’s a small but existing commercial sounding rocket market. It’s often enough to test a thing for just a few minutes of microgravity to verify what needs verifying, and of course a whole flarp of a lot less expensive than shooting it all the way to orbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 16 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: and of course a whole flarp of a lot less expensive than shooting it all the way to orbit. Especially now that we have what is, en effect, a reusable high capacity sounding rocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 4 hours ago, Ultimate Steve said: Especially now that we have what is, en effect, a reusable high capacity sounding rocket. Will BO launch people with scientific payloads? So, passengers can theorectically mess with these payloads... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 19 minutes ago, Xd the great said: Will BO launch people with scientific payloads? So, passengers can theorectically mess with these payloads... Not tourists, down the line you might to do experiments or handle equipment but that would be scientists / payload operators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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