Saturday, February 27, 2010

The Big Rollout: Blue Origin? New Shepard?



This is all getting very weird:

BOULDER, Colo. — For all the shake, rattle and roll that a rocket emits on takeoff, the secretive private rocket firm Blue Origin is still keeping quiet even as new details are emerging regarding its new vertical launch and landing rocket.

Bankrolled by the super-wealthy Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, Blue Origin has been busy fabricating its New Shepard rocket. The spacecraft has been shrouded in secrecy since work began, but Blue Origin officials lifted the veil slightly in recent weeks.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

New shepard- that feels like religion, doesn't it?
Off topic, but google today looks like a nazi stadium, the torch is totally retro, nothing like "the olympic toke". Cheers, Delorus

Elizabeth said...

Hi Chris,

Here's another big roll out. And this story could have fit in any of the above posts as well!

World's largest solar boat revealed:

http://www.luxist.com/2010/02/27/worlds-largest-solar-boat-revealed/?icid=main|main|dl1|link6|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.luxist.com%2F2010%2F02%2F27%2Fworlds-largest-solar-boat-revealed%2F

This thing looked so amazing that I thought it was a photo of a model at first. And the source of the article is amazing too...the Christian Science Monitor.

Thanks, Chris,
SoapFan

Christopher Knowles said...

Hmmm, need to look into this one...

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