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https://www.blueorigin.com/news/news/blue-origin-mission-9-safe-escape-in-any-phase-of-flight

Jul 18, 2018
BLUE ORIGIN MISSION 9: SAFE ESCAPE IN ANY PHASE OF FLIGHT

New Shepard flew for the ninth time on July 18, 2018. During this mission, known as Mission 9 (M9), the escape motor was fired shortly after booster separation. The Crew Capsule was pushed hard by the escape test and we stressed the rocket to test that astronauts can get away from an anomaly at any time during flight. The mission was a success for both the booster and capsule. Most importantly, astronauts would have had an exhilarating ride and safe landing.

This isn't the first time we've done this type of extreme testing on New Shepard. In October of 2012, we simulated a booster failure on the launch pad and had a successful escape. Then in October of 2016, we simulated a booster failure in-flight at Max Q, which is the most physically strenuous point in the flight for the rocket, and had a completely successful escape of the capsule.

This test on M9 allowed us to finally characterize escape motor performance in the near-vacuum of space and guarantee that we can safely return our astronauts in any phase of flight.

Also on M9, New Shepard carried science and research payloads from commercial companies, universities and space agencies. Learn more about the payloads on board.

You can also view the 

Until our next test launch, Gradatim Ferociter!

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Mission 9: Safe Escape In Any Phase Of Flight

Blue Origin

Опубликовано: 20 июл. 2018 г.

New Shepard flew for the ninth time on July 18, 2018. During this mission, known as Mission 9 (M9), the escape motor was fired shortly after booster separation. The Crew Capsule was pushed hard by the escape test and we stressed the rocket to test that astronauts can get away from an anomaly at any time during flight. The mission was a success for both the booster and capsule. Most importantly, astronauts would have had an exhilarating ride and safe landing. This isn't the first time we've done this type of extreme testing on New Shepard. In October of 2012, we simulated a booster failure on the launch pad and had a successful escape. Then in October of 2016, we simulated a booster failure in-flight at Max Q, which is the most physically strenuous point in the flight for the rocket, and had a completely successful escape of the capsule. This test on M9 allowed us to finally characterize escape motor performance in the near-vacuum of space and guarantee that we can safely return our astronauts in any phase of flight. Also on M9, New Shepard carried science and research payloads from commercial companies, universities and space agencies.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-blueorigin/bezos-throws-cash-engineers-at-rocket-program-as-space-race-accelerates-idUSKBN1KO0HN

Bezos throws cash, engineers at rocket program as space race accelerates

Eric M. Johnson

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is racing to pull his private space company out of start-up mode and move into production amid signals that his firm's heavy rocket set for lift-off in 2020 may slip behind schedule, according to people familiar with the project.

Blue Origin has added hundreds of engineers over the past three years and continues to ramp up in an expansion that one employee described as "hyperbolic." The Kent, Washington-based company is looking to double its current workforce to around 3,000 employees over the next two to three years, a top customer told Reuters.
The urgency centers on a rocket dubbed New Glenn. The heavy-launch vehicle, which Bezos promises will be able to haul satellites and, eventually, people into orbit, is central to the company's hopes of winning lucrative military and commercial contracts.
New Glenn's first-stage booster will be reusable, a key piece of Bezos' strategy to lower costs and increase the frequency of launches. Blue Origin executives have stated publicly that test flights will begin within two years.
But whether Blue Origin can hit that mark remains to be seen.
With the clock ticking on 2020, company engineers are still finalizing details on New Glenn's design and just beginning to build model components that must be put through extreme testing, people familiar with the project said. They requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly.

Blue Origin has privately acknowledged in conversations with French satellite firm Eutelsat SA [ETLXCE.UL] - its first New Glenn customer - that its 2020 time frame is "very aggressive," a person with direct knowledge of talks between the companies said.
The firms have padded their contract, which covers the launch of a geostationary satellite in the period 2021-2022, so that Blue Origin will incur no penalties if it is late, the person added.
Yohann Leroy, Eutelsat's Deputy Chief Executive Officer, declined to discuss details of his company's contract with Blue Origin, but said he was optimistic New Glenn will be ready to carry his firm's satellite by the end of 2022.
"Of course, I cannot guarantee that they will respect their initial timeline, but we are confident that they will not be very far from it," Leroy said.
A Blue Origin spokeswoman did not respond to requests for comment about the company's hiring practices, strategy or competitive challenges. The private firm has been tight-lipped on New Glenn's production status and plans for bringing it to market.
Mounting a successful test in 2020 would give Blue Origin its best shot at fending off competing rockets and new ones expected to enter the market in the next few years, analysts said.
Rivals include aerospace stalwarts United Launch Alliance, a partnership between Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin; and France's ArianeGroup, a joint venture between Airbus and Safran. Japan and China are likewise designing reusable rockets.

But 18 years after its founding, Blue Origin has found itself lagging a competitor closer to home: SpaceX.
Founded by Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk, the Hawthorne, California-based company has upended the space industry with its relatively low-cost reusable Falcon 9 rockets. SpaceX has completed more than 50 successful Falcon launches and snagged billions of dollars' worth of contracts, including deals with NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense.
SpaceX in February transfixed a global audience with the successful test launch of its newest rocket, the Falcon Heavy, the most powerful operational rocket in the world.
Musk had predicted "game over" for other makers of heavy rockets if his launch succeeded.
The good news for Blue Origin is that demand for satellite launch services is projected to soar.
Around 800 small satellites are expected to launch annually beginning around 2020, more than double the annual average over the past decade, according to Marco Caceres, senior space analyst with Fairfax, Virginia-based Teal Group.
"If New Glenn can be ready in the next two years (Blue Origin) may be able to seize that window of opportunity," he said.

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Like Musk, Bezos is passionate about the prospect of humans living and working in space.
Now the world's richest man, thanks to the success of online retailer Amazon, Bezos has been liquidating $1 billion of its stock annually to fund his interplanetary dreams.
He set up Blue Origin in a warehouse some 20 miles (32 km) south of Seattle. The company's Latin motto means "step by step ferociously," a reference to Bezos' belief that success comes through steady, incremental progress.
But after nearly two decades, and with the private space race heating up, Bezos is intent on moving closer to commercialization, three Blue Origin employees told Reuters.
Part of those efforts include selling sightseeing trips to the edge of space aboard another Blue Origin rocket dubbed the New Shepard, with ticket prices in the $200,000-$300,000 range.
Blue Origin also is vying to supply its BE-4 engine to United Launch Alliance to power its forthcoming Vulcan rocket, ULA said.

The recent hiring binge has focused mainly on throwing talent at the New Glenn, and has included more than 60 engineers who worked previously for SpaceX.
Blue Origin's workforce of more than 1,500 has more than doubled from its early 2016 levels, three employees said. Its ranks are expected to double again by the time New Glenn is flying, Eutelsat's Leroy said. By comparison, SpaceX has more than 6,000 employees.
Bezos' company has also invested more than $200 million in a rocket-making facility near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Still, Leroy said he expects to see a New Glenn prototype no sooner than mid-2019.
In the meantime, NASA, the U.S. Air Force and satellite companies are directing business to SpaceX.
Matt Desch, Chief Executive Officer of McLean, Virginia-based Iridium Communications Inc, SpaceX's largest commercial customer, told Reuters that Blue Origin "has been a little less clear" about its strategy.
"Nobody disputes that with the investment they're making they won't eventually be successful, but how and when they become reliable is still uncertain," Desch said.

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The New Shepard Crew Capsule

Blue Origin

Опубликовано: 25 июл. 2018 г.

For your once in a lifetime journey, you will travel past the boundaries of earth's atmosphere into space.

Featuring windows that comprise 1/3 of the capsule's surface structure - the largest windows ever in space – you'll have a view of the curve of the planet and the vast darkness if the cosmos.

Every detail of the capsule has been precision engineered for your safety and comfort. With reclining seats specifically designed to absorb the impact of landing, and an escape motor that can safely propel the capsule from the booster rocket.

At the apex of flight, you'll experience weightlessness. Unbuckling from your seat, you are free to explore different perspectives from each window before your return to earth begins.

This is the beginning of a revolution in space travel, and Blue Origin is going to take you there.

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Blue Origin‏Подлинная учетная запись @blueorigin 32 мин. назад

Recent footage of BE-3U demonstration engine hot fire. Two BE-3Us will power upper stage of #NewGlenn & deliver our customers to orbit. We've completed over 700 seconds of test time & confirmed performance assumptions used for final BE-3U expander cycle design #GradatimFerociter

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https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueOrigin/comments/9be7j4/sneak_peek_of_blue_origins_new_fabrication/

 

Ingersoll making big-scale spacecraft components with new Mongoose machine
By: Eric Wilson
Posted: Jul 19, 2018 06:26 PM CDT

Updated: Aug 02, 2018 08:55 AM CDT

ROCKFORD - A Rockford company's latest product is massive, and that matches the size of the project the machine will be a part of.

"Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, is personally following this project," boasted Tino Oldani, President and CEO of Ingersoll Machine Tools.

Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has a passion for space, which is why he created a company called Blue Origin, and Ingersoll is one of the company's partners.

"Once again, we are the first in Rockford to step into a new era, with a new product in what is going to be the future of manufacturing for space vehicles," Oldani said.

The new product is something called "Mongoose", a 5-story behemoth, the largest fiber replacement machine in the world.

Ingersoll also made the previous record-holder. The machines manufacture composite parts for the aerospace industry.

Composites are made up of fibers - often carbon - bonded with resin or epoxy. New aircraft designs, like Boeing's 787, use composites instead of aluminum.

Ingersoll is responsible for a lot of that.

"Our machines, our technology, our processes, are making 70% of the carbon fiber fuselage," Oldani said.

The new frontier is space travel, and that's Mongoose's mission. Blue Origin will use the machine to make big spacecraft components, like cryogenic tanks and fairings.

Oldani says the space partnership isn't just good for him, his company, and his employees: it's good for Rockford.

Many local businesses made the Mongoose project possible.

"This is extremely important because we will continue to bring this message to other areas," Oldani said. "And, Ingersoll will continue to be a Rockford company and we'll continue to be a successful company in the manufacturing area, pulling together as well as all the other sub contractors that we have around the area, because that is extremely important. And that is, for us, probably the best, most positive aspect of this adventure."

Oldani says workforce is key for staying successful, and Ingersoll has openings right now in a wide range of positions.

Возможно New Glenn будет иметь композитные баки.

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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 3 ч. назад

Bob Smith of Blue Origin, during launch panel at #WSBW, says the company is "well on the path to get humans into space early next year" on the New Shepard suborbital vehicle. Also making good progress on BE-4 engine.

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 7 мин. назад

ARTICLE:
Building on New Shepard, Blue Origin to pump a billion dollars into New Glenn readiness -

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/09/new-shepard-blue-origin-billion-new-glenn/ ...

- by Thomas Burghardt (@TGMetsFan98) - his debut article for NSF. (Includes renders by @kogavfx)

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Thomas Burghardt‏ @TGMetsFan98 6 мин. назад

According to this website: https://www.niferry.co.uk/stena-confirm-the-sale-of-stena-carrier-and-stena-freighter-to-unknown-buyers/ ..., @blueorigin has acquired "Stena Freighter." It would seem this is the ship they will modify to use for #NewGlenn landings!

My article on how this fits into Blue Origin's near future plans:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/09/new-shepard-blue-origin-billion-new-glenn/ ...

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Вот этот корабль: STENA FREIGHTER

Ширина 25,52 м (у Маска в 2 раза шире - 52 м). Никаких шансов успешно посадить на него первую ступень у Безоса нет, лучше даже не пытаться.

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Мда... жалко корабль

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У больших мальчиков большие буксиры для платформы. В виде шутки.
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https://tass.ru/kosmos/5612323

27 СЕН, 15:27

WSJ: Blue Origin получила контракт на поставку двигателей для новых ракет Vulcan

По данным газеты, носитель к 2022-2023 годам заменит находящиеся сейчас в эксплуатации ракеты Atlas V, на которых устанавливаются российские РД-180

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 27 сентября. /ТАСС/. Американская компания Blue Origin получила контракт на поставку новых ракетных двигателей BE-4 для перспективных ракет-носителей Vulcan производства компании United Launch Alliance (ULA). Об этом сообщила в четверг со ссылкой на собственные источники газета The Wall Street Journal.

По ее данным, ULA позднее в четверг официально объявит о решении предоставить Blue Origin Джеффа Безоса контракт на поставку новых ракетных двигателей. Первый запуск ракеты Vulcan намечен на 2020 год. Планируется, что этот носитель к 2022-2023 годам заменит находящиеся сейчас в эксплуатации ракеты Atlas V, на которых устанавливаются РД-180.
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Blue Origin - одна из нескольких частных компаний, намеревающихся осуществлять регулярные туристические полеты в космос. Она базируется в городе Кент (штат Вашингтон) и принадлежит предпринимателю-миллиардеру Джеффу Безосу. Совместно с консорциумом ULA, созданным корпорациями Boeing и Lockheed Martin, Blue Origin разрабатывает новый двигатель, который должен прийти на смену российскому РД-180.

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https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news-detail/2018/09/27/united-launch-alliance-building-rocket-of-the-future-with-industry-leading-strategic-partnerships

United Launch Alliance Building Rocket of the Future with Industry-Leading Strategic Partnerships

ULA Selects Blue Origin Advanced Booster Engine for Vulcan Centaur Rocket System

Centennial, Colo., Sept. 27, 2018  – United Launch Alliance's (ULA) next-generation rocket - the Vulcan Centaur - is making strong progress in development and is on track for its initial flight in mid-2020. The Vulcan Centaur rocket design leverages the proven success of the Delta IV and Atlas V launch vehicles while introducing advanced technologies and innovative features. 

"Vulcan Centaur will revolutionize spaceflight and provide affordable, reliable access to space for our current and future customers," said Tory Bruno, ULA's president and CEO. "We are well on our way to the introduction of Vulcan Centaur – the future of U.S. rocket manufacturing. With state-of-the-art engineering and manufacturing techniques, this rocket is designed specifically for low recurring cost."

The new rocket design is nearing completion, and the booster preliminary design and critical design reviews have been completed. Vulcan Centaur will have a maximum liftoff thrust of 3.8 million pounds and carry 56,000 pounds to low Earth orbit, 33,000 pounds to a geo-transfer orbit and 16,000 pounds to geostationary orbit with greater capability than any currently available single-core launch vehicle.

"Our new rocket will be superior in reliability, cost and capability – one system for all missions," said Bruno. "We have been working closely with the U.S. Air Force, and our certification plan is in place."

Following completion of a competitive procurement, ULA has selected Blue Origin's BE-4 engine for Vulcan Centaur's booster stage. The liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled booster will be powered by a pair of BE-4 engines, each producing 550,000 pounds of sea level thrust. As previously announced, ULA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne's RL10 engine for the Centaur upper stage, Northrop Grumman solid rocket boosters, L‑3 Avionics Systems avionics, and RUAG's payload fairings and composite structures for the new Vulcan Centaur rocket system.

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"We are pleased to enter into this partnership with Blue Origin and look forward to a successful first flight of our next-generation launch vehicle," said Bruno.

"We are very glad to have our BE-4 engine selected by United Launch Alliance. United Launch Alliance is the premier launch service provider for national security missions, and we're thrilled to be part of their team and that mission," said Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith. "We can't thank Tory Bruno and the entire United Launch Alliance team enough for entrusting our engine to powering the Vulcan rocket's first stage."

Vulcan Centaur will bolster U.S. manufacturing by adding to the more than 22,000 direct and indirect American jobs in 46 states supported by ULA programs.

"ULA has chosen the best systems available to create the Vulcan Centaur," said Bruno. "These engines and components will ensure ULA continues to lead the way in space exploration, maintain our record of success and remain America's launch vehicle for our nation's most vital missions."

Vulcan Centaur is ULA's next-generation, American rocket system. As a result of these agreements, the Vulcan Centaur will surpass current rocket capabilities and launch services at significantly lower costs, while still meeting the requirements of ULA's cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Air Force to certify the Vulcan Centaur for national security space missions.

"Strong partners are critical to the cutting-edge innovation that is leading us into the next generation in space and ensuring mission success," said Bruno. "Partnerships with Blue Origin, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Northrop Grumman, L-3 Avionics Systems and RUAG will allow the Vulcan Centaur to transform the future of space launch for the government and commercial markets, making launch more affordable, accessible and commercially available."

With more than a century of combined heritage, ULA is the world's most experienced and reliable launch service provider. ULA has successfully delivered 130 satellites to orbit that provide Earth observation capabilities, enable global communications, unlock the mysteries of our solar system, and support life-saving technology.

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Blue Origin‏Подлинная учетная запись @blueorigin 11 мин. назад

It is a great day for the Blue Origin team! We are honored @ulalaunch has selected Blue's LOX/LNG BE-4 engine to power the Vulcan rocket's first stage. #GradatimFerociter

ULA‏Подлинная учетная запись @ulalaunch 18 мин. назад

ULA selected @BlueOrigin's BE-4 engine to power the booster of our next-gen #VulcanCentaur rocket, which is nearing design completion. The new American rocket will leverage our heritage while introducing advanced technologies and innovative features. http://bit.ly/2DzA1N5 

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Blue Origin BE-4 Engine Compilation

Blue Origin

Опубликовано: 27 сент. 2018 г.

The BE-4 is our fourth-generation liquid rocket engine, made to take us into orbit and beyond.

The BE-4 uses oxygen-rich staged combustion of liquid oxygen and liquefied natural gas to produce 550,000 lbs. of thrust. Liquefied natural gas is commercially available, affordable, and highly efficient for spaceflight. Unlike other rocket fuels, such as kerosene, liquefied natural gas can be used to pressurize a rocket's propellant tanks. This is called autogenous pressurization and eliminates the need for costly and complex pressurization systems, like helium. Liquefied natural gas also leaves no soot byproducts as kerosene does, simplifying engine reuse.

United Launch Alliance has selected Blue Origin's BE-4 as the engine that will power the Vulcan rocket's first stage. The announcement ends the need for the Russian made RD-180 on their next-generation vehicle Vulcan with the American-made BE-4.

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https://tass.ru/kosmos/5615009

28 СЕН, 10:17
Компания Джеффа Безоса будет поставлять двигатели для новых ракет Vulcan

Официально не сообщается, когда будет осуществлен первый запуск ракеты Vulcan, однако, по данным The Wall Street Journal, он намечен на 2020 год

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 28 сентября. Компания Джеффа Безоса Blue Origin получила контракт на поставку новых ракетных двигателей BE-4 для перспективных ракет-носителей Vulcan производства компании United Launch Alliance (ULA).

"ULA выбрала двигатели BE-4 производства Blue Origin для разгонного блока нашей ракеты следующего поколения VulcanCentaur, разработка дизайна которой приближается к концу. Новая американская ракета пополнит наше наследие и будет способствовать внедрению более совершенных технологий и инноваций", - отметила ULA в Twitter.

United Launch Alliance не уточнила сроков дебютного полета нового носителя. По данным газеты The Wall Street Journal, первый запуск ракеты Vulcan намечен на 2020 год. Планируется, что этот носитель к 2022-2023 годам заменит находящиеся сейчас в эксплуатации ракеты Atlas V, на которых устанавливаются РД-180.
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https://www.ohb.de/en/news/ohb-group-signs-letter-of-intent-for-cooperation-with-blue-origin/

02. October 2018

PRESS RELEASE

OHB Group signs Letter of Intent for cooperation with Blue Origin

Bremen, October 2, 2018. The OHB Group today signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for future cooperation with the U.S. aerospace company Blue Origin. The document was signed by Dr. Lutz Bertling and Kurt Melching, members of the Management Board of OHB SE, Hans J. Steininger, CEO of MT Aerospace and Bob Smith, CEO of Blue Origin, during a bilateral meeting at the International Space Congress IAC in Bremen.

The aim is to explore the extent to which OHB, MT Aerospace and Blue Origin can work together across the Atlantic. The companies have partnered on a future Blue Moon mission to the lunar surface – Blue Origin's lunar lander capable of bringing several metric tons of cargo to the Moon. The companies will collaborate on a payload on board Blue Origin's reusable orbital rocket New Glenn. The use of these systems and possible cooperation will be the subject of in-depth discussions in the transatlantic dialogue.

"We are delighted to have gained Blue Origin as a dialogue partner who has established itself over the past few years as one of the leading companies in the aerospace industry," says Lutz Bertling. "We are convinced that the mixture of the respective competencies will quickly lead to concrete approaches for further cooperation".

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-blueorigin/bezos-space-company-designing-large-lunar-lander-idUSKCN1MD27Z

OCTOBER 3, 2018 / 7:36 PM / UPDATED 42 MINUTES AGO

Bezos' space company designing large lunar lander

Eric M. Johnson

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space company is in the conceptual design phase of a large lunar lander that it says will provide reusable access to the moon's surface and its resources, Blue Origin said on Wednesday.

The lander is part of Blue Origin's broader mission of enabling a future in which millions of people live and work in space, the company said.

"The next logical step in this path is a return to the Moon," Blue Origin said in a statement. "To do this we need reusable access to the lunar surface and its resources."

The company, founded by Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Bezos, has said it aims to land on the moon in about five years. The company offered no details on Wednesday about how it would move from the design phase to moon missions in this time frame.

Blue Origin is also developing its New Shepard rocket for short space tourism trips and a heavy-lift launch rocket called New Glenn for satellite launch contracts.

Blue's launch vehicles face strong competition from several other aerospace companies, including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic.

Reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Seattle; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Frances Kerry

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https://tass.ru/kosmos/5634231

Blue Origin начала разработку посадочного модуля для отправки на поверхность Луны
ТАСС, 3 октября. Американская компания Blue Origin занимается созданием аппарата, предназначенного для посадки на поверхность Луны. Об этом говорится в заявлении, распространенном в среду этой компанией.
Как в нем отмечается, работа над аппаратом пока находится на стадии проектирования. Компания планирует создать многократно используемый большой посадочный модуль, способный садиться на лунную поверхность.
"Перемещение тяжелой промышленности с Земли в космос является основой миссии Blue Origin, - сообщили в компании. - Будущее станет лучше для наших детей <...>, если мы используем космос во благо жизни на Земле и сможем сделать так, что миллионы людей будут жить и работать в космосе".
"Следующим логическим шагом на этом пути станет возвращение [человека] на Луну, - говорится в заявлении. - Чтобы добиться этого, мы нуждаемся в многократном доступе к поверхности Луны и ее ресурсам". "Мы находимся на стадии создания концепт-дизайна большого посадочного лунного модуля, который обеспечит такой доступ", - подчеркнули в компании, принадлежащей миллиардеру Джеффу Безосу.
В Blue Origin также отметили, что сотрудничество в реализации проекта, получившего название Blue Moon, оказывают в том числе германские ракетно-космические корпорации OHB и MT Aerospace.
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Ранее Безос, являющийся богатейшим человеком на планете по версии агентства Bloomberg и журнала Forbes, выступая на конференции в штате Калифорния, высказал мнение, что в обозримом будущем на Луне будут созданы поселения людей, а в более отдаленной перспективе в космос будет перемещена тяжелая промышленность.
В ближайшее время миллиардер рассчитывает снизить стоимость суборбитальных полетов, и Blue Origin активно работает над испытанием своего корабля New Shepard. Последний по времени успешный тестовый запуск аппарата и его приземление состоялись 30 апреля. Кроме того, к 2020-м годам Blue Origin планирует запускать на орбиту многоразовые корабли New Glenn.
Основанная Безосом в 2000 году Blue Origin - одна из нескольких частных фирм, намеревающихся осуществлять регулярные туристические полеты в космос. Совместно с консорциумом United Launch Alliance, созданным корпорациями Boeing и Lockheed Martin, она также разрабатывает новый двигатель, который должен прийти на смену российскому РД-180. Он устанавливается на первую ступень ракеты Atlas V.
Одним из наиболее актуальных проектов Blue Origin является New Shepard - корабль для суборбитальных космических полетов. Предполагается, что он сможет брать на борт шесть пассажиров.

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