Another Blue Origin mystery:http://n5lp.net/Saltflatmystery.htmlBezos has apperently build a new airport on his land. Is he planning to switch to horizontal landing or is this airport unrelated to Blue Origin and is Bezos renting his land to the CIA like the website owner speculates?
Quote from: Zond on 02/25/2009 09:39 pmAnother Blue Origin mystery:http://n5lp.net/Saltflatmystery.htmlBezos has apperently build a new airport on his land. Is he planning to switch to horizontal landing or is this airport unrelated to Blue Origin and is Bezos renting his land to the CIA like the website owner speculates?Although it is unlikely that the CIA is using this land, it is within the realm of possibility that the purpose of this project is hidden behind a cover story of a space tourism project, as that cover would certainly be plausible enough for most people not to think much about the mystery. However, I have no idea what could lie beneath if this were a cover story.
There's has been another update at the website: http://n5lp.net/Saltflatmystery.html (2009/06/26). Some mobile buildings have been installed at the site and they are contructing something that looks like a small contol tower.
Can't imagine Boeing letting go of anything like Delta Clippers advanced avionics unless they had a stake in or licensed it.
That's the advantage today's startups have. Much of the avionics is off the shelf and just needs a little integration.Try duplicatiing GPS capability if you had to build it yourself, with no satelites...
Quote from: kkattula on 10/18/2009 04:14 amThat's the advantage today's startups have. Much of the avionics is off the shelf and just needs a little integration.Try duplicatiing GPS capability if you had to build it yourself, with no satelites...Three guys with binoculars.
That'll tell YOU where the rocket is. Try telling the rocket 10 times per second.
Seems the "Salt Flat Mystery" is just some military parachute exercise ground. Some private military contractor, like Blackwater? The shots of Blue Origin show what look like a 1/6 section of the New Shepherd outside on a jig. Seems dark grey, like a carbon composite.
Hmmm, could the military be backing Blue Origin as a black ops squad delivery vehicle, to overfly a country suborbitally, dropping the squad with retro rockets and parachutes? Perhaps this explains all the secrecy around Blue Origin. Even the company name sounds like some Area 51 black project.
Quote from: mlorrey on 10/26/2009 02:51 pmHmmm, could the military be backing Blue Origin as a black ops squad delivery vehicle, to overfly a country suborbitally, dropping the squad with retro rockets and parachutes? Perhaps this explains all the secrecy around Blue Origin. Even the company name sounds like some Area 51 black project.that concept has been debunked many times. It is not militarily feasible. Again, you are seeing things that don't exist.