Headquarters
The company is headquartered in a warehouse situated on 25 acres of industrial land in the Seattle, Washington suburb of Kent, where its research and development is located. The spaceport facility was set up at the "Corn Ranch", a 165,000 acre (670 km²) spread north of Van Horn and 15 miles south of the Guadalupe Mountains, nearly 120 miles east of El Paso
Showing posts with label Blue origin Aerospace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blue origin Aerospace. Show all posts
Sunday, June 29, 2008
History
Since its founding the company has been notoriously tight-lipped about its plans. Although the company was formally incorporated in 2000, its existence only became public in 2003, when Bezos started buying land in Texas and interested parties followed up on the purchases. This was a topic of some interest in local politics, and his rapid aggregation of the lots under a variety of whimsically named shell companies was referred to as a "land grab". In January 2005, Bezos told the editor of the Van Horn Advocate that Blue Origin is developing a sub-orbital space vehicle that will take off and land vertically and carry three or more astronauts to the edge of space. The spacecraft is based on technology like that used for the McDonnell Douglas DC-X and derivative DC-XA. Bezos told Reuters in November 2004 that his company hopes to progress to orbital spaceflight. As of January 2005, the company's website announced that it hopes to establish an "enduring human presence in space", but the 2007 version talks instead of aiming to "patiently and step-by-step, to lower the cost of spaceflight so that many people can afford to go and so that we humans can better continue exploring the solar system".
Employees of Blue Origin include Rob Meyerson (program manager) and science fiction author Neal Stephenson (part-time advisor).
Since its founding the company has been notoriously tight-lipped about its plans. Although the company was formally incorporated in 2000, its existence only became public in 2003, when Bezos started buying land in Texas and interested parties followed up on the purchases. This was a topic of some interest in local politics, and his rapid aggregation of the lots under a variety of whimsically named shell companies was referred to as a "land grab". In January 2005, Bezos told the editor of the Van Horn Advocate that Blue Origin is developing a sub-orbital space vehicle that will take off and land vertically and carry three or more astronauts to the edge of space. The spacecraft is based on technology like that used for the McDonnell Douglas DC-X and derivative DC-XA. Bezos told Reuters in November 2004 that his company hopes to progress to orbital spaceflight. As of January 2005, the company's website announced that it hopes to establish an "enduring human presence in space", but the 2007 version talks instead of aiming to "patiently and step-by-step, to lower the cost of spaceflight so that many people can afford to go and so that we humans can better continue exploring the solar system".
Employees of Blue Origin include Rob Meyerson (program manager) and science fiction author Neal Stephenson (part-time advisor).
The Blue Origin
This image is the logo of Blue Origin.
The logo can be found on the company's official
website: BlueOrigin.com.
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.
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.
Test flights
First Test Flight: 13 November 2006
Time: 06:30
name of vehicle: Goddard
Second Test Flight: 22 March 2007
name of vehicle: Goddard
Third Test Flight : 19 April 2007
name of vehicle: Goddard
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