The rocket that Bezos is taking is nothing more than a glorified carnival ride. It does not go nearly fast enough to enter a stable orbit; instead, all it can do is enter a ballistic trajectory where it goes up and then comes back down soon after for a short flight.
So if you think this is supposed to be some sort of escape plan for Bezos, then you are not thinking straight. Where is Bezos supposed to go? The International Space Station? Nope, because one they would need to match the orbit of the station which is not part of the design specification and two they do not have the right docking hardware to connect to the station and transfer crew to begin with. The moon, Mars, elsewhere? Once again the booster is only capable of launching the human-boarded capsule slightly above the line we consider space and then come back falling down, if it were trying to reach some destination outside of Earth's pull it would need WAY WAY WAY more power than that (which would involve a second stage with a vacuum-optimized engine, which it does not have).
Uh, there were 10 or so flights in more-or-less manned capsule configuration, all successful. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin
I mean, Dread Pirate Bezos is a driven psycho nutcase, but I don't think there is anything abnormal about this Blue Origin flight.
uh, I think you're totally full of shit
Wow, we can't have a reasoned discussion here? Hmmm.
reasoned? You're hijacking the narrative of the post
If you don't understand the risk versus benefit of Bezos being shot into space, I cannot help you.
This is highly irregular and you're saying there is nothing abnormal about it.
laughable, really.
As a spaceflight observer for many years, plus years reading the NSF forums, I think pointing things out is the responsible thing to do.
The Blue Origin penis rocket and its capsule is fairly safe at this point, though the risk is non-zero. Go to the NSF forums and ask the real experts.
The rocket that Bezos is taking is nothing more than a glorified carnival ride. It does not go nearly fast enough to enter a stable orbit; instead, all it can do is enter a ballistic trajectory where it goes up and then comes back down soon after for a short flight.
So if you think this is supposed to be some sort of escape plan for Bezos, then you are not thinking straight. Where is Bezos supposed to go? The International Space Station? Nope, because one they would need to match the orbit of the station which is not part of the design specification and two they do not have the right docking hardware to connect to the station and transfer crew to begin with. The moon, Mars, elsewhere? Once again the booster is only capable of launching the human-boarded capsule slightly above the line we consider space and then come back falling down, if it were trying to reach some destination outside of Earth's pull it would need WAY WAY WAY more power than that (which would involve a second stage with a vacuum-optimized engine, which it does not have).