Blue Origin

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MartG

20,647 posts

204 months

Monday 9th March 2020
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Beati Dogu

8,878 posts

139 months

Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Blue Origin finally has a web shop, so you can now get some of their merchandise.

https://shop.blueorigin.com/

If only their boss knew anything about online sales they'd have had this years ago.

Quite reasonably priced too really, Unlike SpaceX.

MartG

20,647 posts

204 months

Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Beati Dogu said:
Blue Origin finally has a web shop, so you can now get some of their merchandise.

https://shop.blueorigin.com/

If only their boss knew anything about online sales they'd have had this years ago.

Quite reasonably priced too really, Unlike SpaceX.
T-shirt - $24.95

Shipping to UK - $47

Bugger that frown

Beati Dogu

8,878 posts

139 months

Wednesday 6th May 2020
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That's extortionate.

They seem to like having a low profile. They don't even have an address for press correspondence apparently. The shop at the NASA visitors centre at Cape Canaveral didn't have an Blue Origin merch when I was there. There was loads of NASA stuff as you'd imagine, but plenty of SpaceX gear too.

Beati Dogu

8,878 posts

139 months

Tuesday 22nd September 2020
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A recent photo of Blue Origin's rocket factory at Cape Canaveral:




Flooble

5,565 posts

100 months

Tuesday 22nd September 2020
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Blue by name, blue by branding I see.

Blacksquid

57 posts

115 months

Thursday 24th September 2020
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Beati Dogu said:
A recent photo of Blue Origin's rocket factory at Cape Canaveral:
Are the ponds to create a pleasant environment or do they have another purpose?

Eric Mc

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121,844 posts

265 months

Thursday 24th September 2020
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Beati Dogu

8,878 posts

139 months

Thursday 24th September 2020
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That would be so cool. Jeff could totally spring for that.


Blacksquid said:
Beati Dogu said:
A recent photo of Blue Origin's rocket factory at Cape Canaveral:
Are the ponds to create a pleasant environment or do they have another purpose?
Florida is very flat and low lying. Also prone to heavy downpours now & then. They'll be drainage retention ponds to cope with storm surges running off from the car parks, roof etc.


2fast748

1,091 posts

195 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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Beati Dogu said:
That would be so cool. Jeff could totally spring for that.


Blacksquid said:
Beati Dogu said:
A recent photo of Blue Origin's rocket factory at Cape Canaveral:
Are the ponds to create a pleasant environment or do they have another purpose?
Florida is very flat and low lying. Also prone to heavy downpours now & then. They'll be drainage retention ponds to cope with storm surges running off from the car parks, roof etc.
Somewhere to keep all the alligators!?!

Beati Dogu

8,878 posts

139 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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In that area, definitely. I saw one lurking in the water just north of there.

MartG

20,647 posts

204 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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2fast748 said:
Beati Dogu said:
That would be so cool. Jeff could totally spring for that.


Blacksquid said:
Beati Dogu said:
A recent photo of Blue Origin's rocket factory at Cape Canaveral:
Are the ponds to create a pleasant environment or do they have another purpose?
Florida is very flat and low lying. Also prone to heavy downpours now & then. They'll be drainage retention ponds to cope with storm surges running off from the car parks, roof etc.
Somewhere to keep all the alligators!?!

Talksteer

4,855 posts

233 months

Thursday 1st October 2020
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Blacksquid said:
Beati Dogu said:
A recent photo of Blue Origin's rocket factory at Cape Canaveral:
Are the ponds to create a pleasant environment or do they have another purpose?
The geography of that bit of Florida is such that you have a water table just below the surface, any excavation will fill with water likely they were created to build up the level where the factory is.

This its why the LC-39 launch pads were built up rather than excavated out, it is also the reason why sea walls don't work against hurricanes there the water simply goes under them.


Edited by Talksteer on Wednesday 14th October 14:44

subirg

718 posts

276 months

Tuesday 13th October 2020
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Looks like they finally got off the ground today. Can’t say I’m too bothered given their glacial rate of progress...

Beati Dogu

8,878 posts

139 months

Tuesday 13th October 2020
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Yes, that particular rocket's 7th flight.

It was running some test gear for NASA to do with an autonomous landing system, which made it slightly more interesting that usual.

Gandahar

9,600 posts

128 months

Thursday 15th October 2020
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Beati Dogu said:
Yes, that particular rocket's 7th flight.

It was running some test gear for NASA to do with an autonomous landing system, which made it slightly more interesting that usual.
Hopefully it helped with the lunar landings, having said that, that could be considered a piggyback payload, they need to start putting humans on board. I keep watching them and it is starting to make me cringe when the lady commentator keeps going on about how "at this point the astronauts will be in in micro G and doing high fives and back flips" when that seems far off.

To be fair, with Team Musk going full pelt it would make it seem slow. They have a great reliable rocket though, so perhaps they can send a monkey up in it like the good old days.


Beati Dogu

8,878 posts

139 months

Thursday 17th December 2020
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NASA has awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) contract to Blue Origin to potentially use their New Glenn rocket.

The contract allows Blue Origin to compete for missions through Launch Service Task Orders issued by NASA.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-lau...

Eric Mc

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121,844 posts

265 months

Thursday 17th December 2020
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They'd better start doing something more than just sending rockets straight up and down.

Beati Dogu

8,878 posts

139 months

Wednesday 30th December 2020
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Jeff Bezos has renamed the Blue Origin landing ship after his mum, Jacklyn. She was there to ceremonially smack it with a champagne bottle.



Both seen here with a handy scale model, complete with New Glenn booster onboard.

Harrison Bergeron

5,444 posts

222 months

Wednesday 30th December 2020
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Why are they wearing a mask outside?