Blue Origin

[Peelz]

One of my service techs told me his son being recruited for a job near seattle building commercial spacecraft.
The company is called Blue Origin. Owned by the guy who owns Amazon.com. They expect to make weekly flights by 2010! He says they are super secretive about their stuff. Let me get the Wiki and a linkeroo.

Blue Origin is a privately-funded aerospace company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos. Initially focused on sub-orbital spaceflight, the company has built and flown a testbed of their New Shepard spacecraft design at their Culberson County, Texas facility. According to company statements, they plan on placing the New Shepard in commercial suborbital tourist service in 2010 with flights about once a week.[1]

read wiki for yourself

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin

I think on their website, somewhere, has a vid of a test launch-use hydrogen peroxide engines. Pretty neat stuff....this is their recruiting site he directed me to. Go to "updates" at the top for pics and vids.

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

[kyledvor61]

I bet aaron knows more about this...

[Colorado700R]

This company has contacted me!! 


This all spooled from the Anasari X-Prize http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_prize#Ansari_X_PRIZE_.28space.3B_won_Oct._4.2C_2004.29

[Peelz]

This company has contacted me!! 


This all spooled from the Anasari X-Prize http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_prize#Ansari_X_PRIZE_.28space.3B_won_Oct._4.2C_2004.29

pretty cool! His son said that when they called, they asked "have you ever heard of what we do?" he says "no". They reply "good weve been doing our job" Trying to stay below the radar, I guess.

Did you watch the video of the launch? Kinda strange. Takes off with little to no fumes/smoke, flies to 285 ft, then lands softly. ANother video shows the attitude thrusters working. pretty sweet.

[Flynbyu]

Commercial space travel.

We'll see it, but I think it will be when we are old and gray. It won't be for the average Joe, too expensive.

~Brian

[FoundArealQuad]

They said it would happen by 2007 originally

[ThisGuyAlex]

so when do we leave? and do they serve drinks on this flight? i wanna get all drunk, float around, and puke and watch it float in mid air........ :grin_nod:

[Peelz]

so when do we leave? and do they serve drinks on this flight? i wanna get all drunk, float around, and puke and watch it float in mid air........ :grin_nod:

agreed. Maybe an in-flight movie. Plus, I wanna join the 100 mile high club! But that might get a bit messy whole new meaning to "money shot" :grin_nod:

[Colorado700R]

so when do we leave? and do they serve drinks on this flight? i wanna get all drunk, float around, and puke and watch it float in mid air........ :grin_nod:

agreed. Maybe an in-flight movie. Plus, I wanna join the 100 mile high club! But that might get a bit messy whole new meaning to "money shot" :grin_nod:

Unintentinal Group Bukake 

[Peelz]

so when do we leave? and do they serve drinks on this flight? i wanna get all drunk, float around, and puke and watch it float in mid air........ :grin_nod:

agreed. Maybe an in-flight movie. Plus, I wanna join the 100 mile high club! But that might get a bit messy whole new meaning to "money shot" :grin_nod:

Unintentinal Group Bukake 

     what about the 2 girls, one space capsule? :grin_nod:

[ThisGuyAlex]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewww.....

[preddy08]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewww.....

As long as the dont charge 15 bucks for your first bag they might do alright

[Peelz]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewww.....

As long as the dont charge 15 bucks for your first bag they might do alright

[ThisGuyAlex]

i dunno probabaly gonna be so expensive that only the top 10% of the country financially can afford it

[Bert]

i dunno probabaly gonna be so expensive that only the top 10% of the country financially can afford it

10%    That's lot of people.  They might need a whole fleet of intergalactic party planes