Jeff Bezos – Verified account @JeffBezosWorking to fly again tomorrow. Same vehicle. Third time. #LaunchLandRepeat @BlueOrigin
Pushing the envelope. Restarting BE-3 fast @ high thrust, just 3600 ft from ground. Impact in 6 sec if engine doesn’t restart & ramp fast.Also, a new more efficient RCS algorithm on the Crew Capsule. Big performance win if it works. #LaunchLandRepeat @BlueOriginWe’ll have drone cameras in the air and hopefully will get good aerial footage to share. #LaunchLandRepeat @BlueOrigin
Pushing the envelope. Restarting BE-3 fast @ high thrust, just 3600 ft from ground. Impact in 6 sec if engine doesn’t restart & ramp fast.
One thing I love about this place is I just saw the tweet and rushed on to start a thread....but it's already started! Let's hope we get some timely info and not wait half a day for some flashy video production!
Quote from: Star One on 04/01/2016 07:47 pmPushing the envelope. Restarting BE-3 fast @ high thrust, just 3600 ft from ground. Impact in 6 sec if engine doesn’t restart & ramp fast.Wow, that's a high terminal velocity, i thought the drag brakes are doing more.
Yeah -- 600 fps! That's faster than terminal velocity isn't it?
Quote from: the_other_Doug on 04/01/2016 08:39 pmYeah -- 600 fps! That's faster than terminal velocity isn't it?Not if you're a lawn dart.
Jeff Bezos@JeffBezos3:28 PM - 1 Apr 2016Two university microgravity experiments on tomorrow’s @blueorigin flight. Short vids: http://bit.ly/22WxaDK http://bit.ly/25BC5bV
Quote from: kevin-rf on 04/01/2016 09:19 pmQuote from: the_other_Doug on 04/01/2016 08:39 pmYeah -- 600 fps! That's faster than terminal velocity isn't it?Not if you're a lawn dart.That's just above Mach 0.5. There is no guarantee that is terminal velocity, it might still be slowing down when the light the engine.
Readying Crew Capsule for flt. Clear skies in TX.Tracking for morning launch. #LaunchLandRepeat @BlueOrigin
Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos 21s21 seconds agoLiftoff and New Shepard is climbing to apogee. @BlueOrigin
Flawless BE-3 restart and perfect booster landing. CC chutesdeployed.
CC touchdown confirmed. #LaunchLandRepeat