Blue Origin made the first successful start of New Shepard

Founder of the Amazon Internet company

 

The rocket on which the capsule of the New Shepard

The private space company Blue Origin, the founder and which head is Jeff Bezos (Jeff Bezos) who is at the same time and the founder of the known Internet company Amazon , carried out the first in the history successful start of the rocket on which the capsule of the New Shepard spaceship was established. Naturally, during this test start onboard the spaceship there was no person, nevertheless, successful start does Jeff Bezos's plans concerning development of space tourism one step closer. The Blue Origin company works at a field of space flights and space tourism since 2000. Unlike other similar companies, development by the Blue Origin company of own system of the carrier rocket and the New Shepard spaceship kept under cover of secret. For all the time of work specialists of the company carried out the mass of land tests, flights on small range and the first test start which was made in August, 2011 but which ended with failure. The rocket, having dispersed to speed 1.2 Moves, reached height about 14 kilometers then contact between the rocket and control center was lost.

System of remote self-destruction

 

The capsule of the ship New Shepard is capable to bear six people

Due to the loss of control over the rocket the management was compelled to involve system of remote self-destruction. The last test flight took place much more successfully than the previous attempt. The rocket, moving at a speed of 3 Moves, reached height in 93.6 kilometers. After that the BE-3 rocket engine working at liquid oxygen with liquid hydrogen and providing 50 tractive tons was switched-off and there was an office of a capsule of the spaceship which fell by surfaces by means of parachutes and made landing. It should be noted that the standard height, having reached which, the rocket is considered left in space, height in 100 kilometers so in this case it is possible to consider is considered that the New Shepard spaceship managed to visit space practically. The capsule of the ship New Shepard is capable to bear six people. However, start took place not so smoothly as it seems at first sight. Because of loss of pressure in hydraulic system specialists of the Blue Origin company did not manage to return in an integrity and safety the module of engines of the rocket as it was planned earlier. 

An academic problem In a high school gym class, all the girls are lined up against one wall, and all the boys against the opposite wall. Every ten seconds, they walk toward each other exactly half the remaining distance between them. A mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer are asked, "When will the girls and boys meet?" Mathematician: "Never." Physicist: "In an infinite amount of time." Engineer: "Well... in about two minutes, they'll be close enough for all practical purposes."

Course on big openness

 

Cooperation with alliance United Launch Alliance

After all the Blue Origin company as their next competitor, the SpaceX company, seeks to reduce the cost of one start by means of space technology of reusable use." If New Shepard was started by means of the traditional disposable rocket, it would be possible to tell that this flight took place ideally" - Jeff Bezos wrote. It is quite probable that in the near future we will hear more often the news concerning the Blue Origin company. Besides that the management of the company headed for big openness, the company declared cooperation with alliance United Launch Alliance which makes regular starts of rockets for NASA. Cooperation will bring to the Blue Origin company benefit in the form of technologies of engines which will be established on the ULA Vulcan rockets and, besides, the company will get advice and the help in creation of big option of the New Shepard spaceship which will be capable to orbital flights and to joining with the International Space Station.

In memory of something that was previously

 

 

 Start of the last shuttle of the USA was observed by about one million audience who beforehand settled down on special platforms round the spaceport and other places, available to supervision.