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The Full Launch and Landing of Blue Origin’s New Shepard

Jul.20 — Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos and three other passengers pulled off Blue Origin’s first crewed flight to space, a key milestone in the company’s push to make space tourism viable. The capsule safely touched down in West Texas after a 10-minute flight. Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg Technology on YouTube: Watch the latest full episodes…

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Jul.20 — Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos and three other passengers pulled off Blue Origin’s first crewed flight to space, a key milestone in the company’s push to make space tourism viable. The capsule safely touched down in West Texas after a 10-minute flight.

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36 Comments

  1. O Zopa

    July 20, 2021 at 10:31 pm

    What a thumping hard way to land. Why not land the whole yoyo in 1 piece?

    • Sam Horton

      July 20, 2021 at 10:59 pm

      The capsule releases pressured air just before it touches the ground to help achieve a soft landing. This is why so much dust is kicked up, not a hard impact.

  2. J C A

    July 20, 2021 at 10:46 pm

    The way it cuts out with static right as they’re landing was just perfect.

  3. Andrew Thacker

    July 20, 2021 at 10:48 pm

    such a hard landing lol, Virgin has these guys beat by a long shot.

    • Sam Horton

      July 20, 2021 at 10:59 pm

      The capsule releases pressured air just before it touches the ground to help achieve a soft landing. This is why so much dust is kicked up, not a hard impact. I’ve (obviously) not experienced it but it’s supposed to be very soft.

  4. Aaron Neal

    July 20, 2021 at 10:50 pm

    Did they happen to notice if the Earth was either Flat or Round?? LOL

    • Sam Horton

      July 20, 2021 at 11:01 pm

      Yeah, Branson thinks it’s flat and round with a hole in the middle like a CD…

    • Jane Ladik

      July 21, 2021 at 12:14 am

      🤣🤣🤣

  5. Thomas Elliott

    July 20, 2021 at 11:08 pm

    Yeah so whats up with the animated footage of the landing? What are you guys trying to pull? Nasa just rubs off on everyone these days.

    • Marlon K

      July 20, 2021 at 11:16 pm

      7:43 Yep, in this part the lander looks totally CGI. Don’t understand how nobody else seems to notice …

  6. David Cashin

    July 20, 2021 at 11:18 pm

    Bezo’s blah blah blah. the exciting part is all the pieces of the rocket landing and ready for reuse on land.

    • Amanda

      July 21, 2021 at 12:20 am

      which Spacex did a long time ago.

  7. Michael Henderson

    July 20, 2021 at 11:34 pm

    Nasa is Sci Fi for adults. Sorry kids, there’s a firmament, and men can’t get through it. The Good Lord put it there himself.

    If we really went to the moon, why are parading around a guy who barely made it to lower Earth orbit? Why don’t they just go back to the moon? Surely our technological advancement should make it much easier than it was in the 60s.

  8. Rolex Samurai

    July 20, 2021 at 11:39 pm

    Rich people competition to reach border of space.. like little kids. 🤣😂

  9. sheldon j. Booker

    July 20, 2021 at 11:44 pm

    camera tracking could be a lot better. seem to be doing a sex act. still a great achievement.

  10. Quadrenaro

    July 20, 2021 at 11:56 pm

    When my daughter was born, I asked my wife if she thought she would ever go to space. I don’t know what the future holds, and I don’t consider billionaires to be representative of the common man. But I think her future looks bright.

  11. George Freeman

    July 21, 2021 at 12:10 am

    How stupid do they still think everyone is ????

  12. Pete B

    July 21, 2021 at 12:13 am

    Now what

  13. MindyKay

    July 21, 2021 at 12:13 am

    I more impressed with the booster landing pretty much right back on the pad! 😳

    • Rise Up!!

      July 21, 2021 at 1:25 am

      wow Spacex been doing this for years

  14. Amanda

    July 21, 2021 at 12:19 am

    That’s one pricey joy-ride.

  15. Melissa Tuler

    July 21, 2021 at 12:20 am

    Oh they call them astronauts. Isn’t that cute. If I drive my car real fast can I call myself a nascar driver?

    • Bill Nott

      July 21, 2021 at 1:13 am

      Webster’s definition of an astronaut is, ” A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft ” They all went through training to travel in that spacecraft , and they went to space .. so…..

  16. Scott

    July 21, 2021 at 12:31 am

    These are passengers not crew members. Crew do more than look out the window.

    • Phil Hofman

      July 21, 2021 at 12:54 am

      Agreed.

  17. Robert Jensen

    July 21, 2021 at 12:32 am

    Anyone know why the exhaust flames coming off that during launch and right after, seem so much smaller and more subdued than on so many other past rocket designs?

    • Phil Hofman

      July 21, 2021 at 12:51 am

      I think this is an extremely lighter rocket than most. In only serves one short purpose and doesn’t have to achieve the speeds needed for orbit. It only got up above Mach 3.

    • Robert Jensen

      July 21, 2021 at 1:06 am

      @Phil Hofman Thanks for the tip. That makes sense. Since Blue Origin is making these vehicles only for suborbital space tourism. Their objective is to reach that edge of space, have short flights up and down, and rake in a ton of cash in a short period.
      In other words, a completely different business model than what Elon Musk is doing.
      And since Musk’s vehicles have to go much faster, and further, to reach into earth orbit and beyond, his rockets need much more thrust, and thus will produce much greater exhaust flames. OK.

  18. Passing Through

    July 21, 2021 at 12:38 am

    Thumbs down for no internal footage. Virgin galactic wins out by miles when it comes to PR

  19. D A Davidson

    July 21, 2021 at 12:39 am

    3 minutes in space & your an astronaut 👩‍🚀⁉️ I don’t know what I was expecting but, I can fly Southwest or Ryanair through a storm & get more weightlessness… just saying.

  20. Jimmi James

    July 21, 2021 at 12:53 am

    Jeff bezos f*vkin space

  21. Luis Maya

    July 21, 2021 at 12:56 am

    Maybe they didn’t film because Besos wasn’t inside the rocket ? I mean think about it, space travel, rocket launches are extremely dangerous and many things can go wrong. You can’t place the wealthiest man in that position. If something wen wrong, boom that’s it, all his wealth couldn’t save him from that.

    I doubt a billionaire like Jeff would put himself in that position, and on top of that he’d probably be very scared of accumulating so much wealth only to die in space.

    Wouldn’t be surprised if he wasn’t on the ship.

  22. Maybe Fish

    July 21, 2021 at 12:59 am

    4:28 who wants a skittle?

  23. Bren A

    July 21, 2021 at 1:03 am

    So much for that Bezos Amazon close out sale 🙄 dammit

  24. superzentredi

    July 21, 2021 at 1:17 am

    So it goes straight up and straight down? That’s not space travel, it’s a very expensive carnival ride. Not even close to escape velocity. Forget the flatards commenting on here, how about the dummy’s that think these people are actual astronauts.

  25. B parker

    July 21, 2021 at 1:24 am

    Knowing that shitbag was on board…..id feel bad for the others but man I’d love to see bezos vaporized at lift off .

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