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Looks like a relatively straightforward system. Many of the original X-Prize contenders were pondering something like this more than ten years ago. What happe
by Gravityloss 12y ago
Looks like a relatively straightforward system.
Many of the original X-Prize contenders were pondering something like this more than ten years ago.
What happened to the booster?
- edlinfan 12y agoThe booster couldn't make a soft landing due to a failure in the hydraulics system. > “Of course one of our goals is reusability, and unfortunately we didn’t get to recover the propulsion module because we lost pressure in our hydraulic system on descent,” Jeff Bezos wrote in a blog post. “Fortunately, we’ve already been in work for some time on an improved hydraulic system. Also, assembly of propulsion module serial numbers 2 and 3 is already underway – we’ll be ready to fly again soon.” From: http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2015/04/30/jeff-bezos-spaceship-takes-flight http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2015/04/30/jeff-bezos-... And here's the aforementioned blog post, from Blue Origin's own website. It presents a little more information about the flight: https://www.blueorigin.com/news/blog/first-developmental-test-flight-of-new-shepard https://www.blueorigin.com/news/blog/first-developmental-tes...