Blue Origin Takes Off For Blue Yonder

[beardsong]

Found at: http://futuresheet.com/2007/01/04/blue-origins-spacecraft-unmasked/

In a surprise move, the normally secretive Blue Origin (http://public.blueorigin.com/index.html) has unveiled pictures of its development vehicle and a video of its maiden voyage. The flight occurred Nov. 13, 2006. The vehicle is called Goddard, which is the first vehicle in the New Shepard program.

http://public.blueorigin.com/img/pic1.jpg

The immediate objective is developing New Shepard, a vertical take-off, vertical-landing vehicle designed to take a small number of astronauts on a sub-orbital journey into space.

http://public.blueorigin.com/img/pic2.jpg

One thing is for certain, Blue Origin’s engineers have been very busy. The video is impressive. Check it out. In short order, Blue Origin has accomplished what Armadillo Aerospace, Texas’ other private space company, has taken six years to accomplish.

http://public.blueorigin.com/img/pic3.jpg

Join Blue Origin:

http://public.blueorigin.com/index.html

Links:

Bezos Hiring Engineers For Secretive Space Project (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003508449_rocket04m.html)

[Refugee]

I have got a blueyonder