Quote from: Svetoslav on 12/13/2017 07:24 pmQuote from: Jim Davis on 12/13/2017 04:01 pmJust out of curiosity, at what point would it matter to you? 50 km? 25 km? 10 km? Lower yet?I said, when it comes to tourism, the achieved height is secondary to the overall experience.I had more joy flying with a motorized deltatrike just about 1 km above the surface, compared to a commercial airliner at 10 km above the Earth. Same goes to suborbital spaceflight. I'll gladly fly in a BO spaceship close to the Karman line with huge windows even if it's 500 meters short to space, rather than in a similar vehicle with lesser luxuries.I don't know man. I think it would be pretty cool to officially be an astronaut. I would not be happy to get up to 98 km. Honestly if you going to go > 98% of the way there why not go all the way.
Quote from: Jim Davis on 12/13/2017 04:01 pmJust out of curiosity, at what point would it matter to you? 50 km? 25 km? 10 km? Lower yet?I said, when it comes to tourism, the achieved height is secondary to the overall experience.I had more joy flying with a motorized deltatrike just about 1 km above the surface, compared to a commercial airliner at 10 km above the Earth. Same goes to suborbital spaceflight. I'll gladly fly in a BO spaceship close to the Karman line with huge windows even if it's 500 meters short to space, rather than in a similar vehicle with lesser luxuries.
Just out of curiosity, at what point would it matter to you? 50 km? 25 km? 10 km? Lower yet?
Is this capsule ready to fly crew? Or is it still a prototype with missing systems?
Quote.@blueorigin #NewShepard Mission 7 (M7) with first flight of Crew Capsule 2.0 included 12 suborbital research payloads: Crew Capsule reached apogee of 98.27 km AGL/99.37 km MSL, next generation booster reached apogee of 98.16 km AGL/99.27 km MSLhttps://twitter.com/ac_charania/status/940805217439965186
.@blueorigin #NewShepard Mission 7 (M7) with first flight of Crew Capsule 2.0 included 12 suborbital research payloads: Crew Capsule reached apogee of 98.27 km AGL/99.37 km MSL, next generation booster reached apogee of 98.16 km AGL/99.27 km MSL
NEWS ADVISORYDec. 13, 2017Two Embry-Riddle Research Payloads Traveled to Suborbital Space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard RocketEmbry-Riddle experiments in space could help with cancer treatment(snip) The payload of 12 tubes of T-cells, isolated from mice and grown in a laboratory, were exposed to microgravity, with different markers or cytokines added, for about 3.5 minutes. Cytokines are small proteins that are important in cell signaling.(snip)
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 12/13/2017 04:36 amQuote.@blueorigin #NewShepard Mission 7 (M7) with first flight of Crew Capsule 2.0 included 12 suborbital research payloads: Crew Capsule reached apogee of 98.27 km AGL/99.37 km MSL, next generation booster reached apogee of 98.16 km AGL/99.27 km MSLhttps://twitter.com/ac_charania/status/940805217439965186OK, surprised to see two altitudes given. One is AGL (Above Ground Level) or the height above the ground and MSL (Mean Sea Level). At the launch site AGL is 1.1 km above MSL. We have that the Karman Line is defined as 100 km above MSL. However, as the Earth is not spherical, being 21.385 km flatter at the poles, this means that the Karman line is also not a uniform sphere, since the MSL follows the Earth's surface. So, someone who launches 100 km above MSL at the equator, travels 21.385 km further into space then someone who launches 100 km above sea level from the poles, thanks to the Earth's equatorial bulge.
Jeff Bezos @JeffBezosFull video of Mannequin Skywalker’s ride to space. Unlike him, you’ll be able to get out of your seat during the zero gee part of the flight. And ignore the pinging sound – it’s just from one of the experiments on this flight. #NewShepard @blueorigin
Also their landing pad bot "Blue2D2".https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/941467037905272833This additional media release is much better! Agreed about that view, incredible.
So at touchdown at about 10:05 in the inside view video I didn’t detect any retro firing to cushion the landing. Was this landing just on parachutes? Or maybe my hearing’s not too good ...
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 12/15/2017 06:50 amSo at touchdown at about 10:05 in the inside view video I didn’t detect any retro firing to cushion the landing. Was this landing just on parachutes? Or maybe my hearing’s not too good ...Oh there certainly was retro fire (that’s what primarily kicks up the dust), otherwise it would have been a rough impact. But it appears to be tuned very well.
https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/941465587049406464QuoteJeff Bezos @JeffBezosFull video of Mannequin Skywalker’s ride to space. Unlike him, you’ll be able to get out of your seat during the zero gee part of the flight. And ignore the pinging sound – it’s just from one of the experiments on this flight. #NewShepard @blueorigin