Blue Origin's New Shepard suffers anomaly during launch, capsule lands safely

Posted by msis on Monday September 12, 2022 @12:43PM
from the space.com dept.

https://www.space.com/blue-origin-ns-23-mission-launch-preview

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Re:Blue Origin's New Shepard suffers anomaly during launch, ... by ortusdux on Monday September 12, 2022 @01:16PM (#32813436)

I wonder how many G's the capsule pulled during this maneuver. It should have been pulling about 3 G's just prior. As I understand it, launch abort survivability is the main driver of the physical fitness requirements for these passenger flights.

Obligatory XKCD: https://what-if.xkcd.com/imgs/a/116/directions.png

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