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Re:NASA just bought the rest of the space station crew fligh... by krallja on Friday June 03, 2022 @12:41PM (#31610636)
It mystifies me. Blue Origin doesn’t have an orbit-capable booster, nor a crew capsule that can mate with ISS or stay docked for six+ months. They have New Shepard, which is essentially a very large amusement park ride. I would like to ride it one day. It doesn’t come close to meeting the requirements for an ISS contract.
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Re:NASA just bought the rest of the space station crew fligh... by ncmncm on Friday June 03, 2022 @10:42PM (#31616445)
Blue Origin also does not get handed free money by NASA and FCC.

Which is not to say they should get free money. Rather, I should.

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Re:NASA just bought the rest of the space station crew fligh... by scrumbledober on Friday June 03, 2022 @01:03PM (#31610893)
well blue origin wasn't bidding on ISS contracts, they were bidding on a lunar landing... graditim ferociter?
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Re:NASA just bought the rest of the space station crew fligh... by krallja on Friday June 03, 2022 @01:06PM (#31610939)
Still don’t think New Shepard has enough ΔV to pull that off, haha!
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Re:NASA just bought the rest of the space station crew fligh... by Rebelgecko on Friday June 03, 2022 @02:17PM (#31611820)
IIRC, BO's HLS bid gave a few options for different launch vehicles that the lander could use, but none of them were New Shepard
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