Rocket men: why tech’s biggest billionaires want their place in space, Guardian “Bezos and Musk have developed an intense personal rivalry, says Ashlee Vance. “As time has gone on and […]
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Blue Origin Nails Abort Test
Blue Origin Completes New Shepard Abort Test (with video and screen shots) “Blue Origin just completed an apparently flawless in-flight aboard of its New Shepard launch vehicle. The capsule separated […]
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Blue Origin Goes Bigger Than Falcon Heavy
Blue Origin Announces Immense “New Glenn” Rocket “Named in honor of John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, New Glenn is 23 feet in diameter and lifts off with […]
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Another Used Rocket Ship Launches And Lands – Again
Blue Origin Successfully Launches New Shepard on its 4th Reusable Flight Watch the full launch video and see some of the highlights in images. “Blue Origin successfully launched its reusable […]
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Blue Origin Is Probably Going To Launch Something (Update)
Blue Origin Flies New Shepard To Space – Again (with video) “The very same New Shepard booster that flew above the Karman line and then landed vertically at its launch […]
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ULA Embraces The Dark Side of the Force
Is there a new reusable age around the corner? Sober analysis says no. https://t.co/k6OXJszMLB — George Sowers (@george_sowers) January 2, 2016 Keith’s note: Now that Sen. Shelby has used his […]
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Bezos Knocks SpaceX For Something Bezos Has Not Done Yet
Congrats @SpaceX on landing Falcon's suborbital booster stage. Welcome to the club! — Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) December 22, 2015 Gee Jeff @SpaceX just put a bunch of stuff into orbit […]
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What Blue Origin Did
ICYMI @BlueOrigin recreated Alan Shepard's 1st flight – without Alan Shepard – but they can re-use the rocket – unlike Alan Shepard's rocket — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) November 25, 2015
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Billionaire Space Nerds Duke It Out On Twitter
The rarest of beasts – a used rocket. Controlled landing not easy, but done right, can look easy. Check out video: https://t.co/9OypFoxZk3 — Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 24, 2015 Jeff […]
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Blue Origin New Shepard Completes First Reusable Suborbital Flight
Blue Origin Makes Historic Rocket Landing [With Video] “Blue Origin today announced that its New Shepard space vehicle successfully flew to space, reaching its planned test altitude of 329,839 feet […]