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Re: Blue Origin first human flight

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Post by jacquesm »

marshallbananas wrote: post #8

This felt so underwhelming. I don't know if it's because I've seen SpaceX doing much more complicated missions or it's just not that big of a deal. They got about two minutes of zero G and came down immediately. You can experience that for much longer with a regular plane, for much less money. It really shouldn't count as space travel unless they go into orbit around Earth.

Yes, but 'Blue Origin successfully avoids achieving orbit' sounds so much less like an achievement than 'first human flight'.

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Post by notjustanymike »

marshallbananas wrote: post #8

This felt so underwhelming. I don't know if it's because I've seen SpaceX doing much more complicated missions or it's just not that big of a deal. They got about two minutes of zero G and came down immediately. You can experience that for much longer with a regular plane, for much less money. It really shouldn't count as space travel unless they go into orbit around Earth.

He went up and then down again.

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Post by sandworm101 »

The latest of the rich man roller coasters. Biggest windows in space... Cool. I cannot wait to see the first Champaign cork opened in zero gravity. At least spaceX's efforts have some none-entertainment uses. This rocket is nothing more than a pleasure craft.

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Post by nrmitchi »

admissionsguy wrote: post #12

Mixed feelings. I suppose it's important to have competition/alternatives to SpaceX, but does it have to be done in such a sluggish manner by one the most unlikable people in the world?

> such a sluggish manner

Can you elaborate? I'm not sure "sluggish" is an adverb I would use to describe space launches.

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Post by jacquesm »

markx2 wrote: post #10

The coverage was excellent. So many ways that this could have been an ego / company boosting event and it was not. Branson, take note.

You mean like they used 'Blue Origin' in tiny letters next to huge letters spelling out 'First Human Flight'?

Always check the fine print.

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Post by _joel »

It's great to have more companies operating in space but, as noted by others, it felt fairly routine given what SpaceX have been achieving (BN3 static fire yesterday and proper orbital flight in a few weeks)
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