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Thursday 4 January 2007, 3:07 PM
Amazon.com in space!
Jeff Bezos has released the first images of a test flight of his Blue Origin space vehicle. In a video clip of the flight on the
BBC. , the cone shaped pod reaches a height of about 85m (285ft).
Writing on the Blue Origin.site, Bezos said that the group's goal of affordable space flight would be realised slowly and methodically: "Our first objective is developing New Shepard, a vertical take-off, vertical-landing vehicle designed to take a small number of astronauts on a sub-orbital journey into space," he said.
BBC. , the cone shaped pod reaches a height of about 85m (285ft).
Writing on the Blue Origin.site, Bezos said that the group's goal of affordable space flight would be realised slowly and methodically: "Our first objective is developing New Shepard, a vertical take-off, vertical-landing vehicle designed to take a small number of astronauts on a sub-orbital journey into space," he said.
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Been meaning to say this, but nice picture here! Looks very calm and serene...
