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Blue Origin - New Shepard
- Thread starter doug
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100% success. A little fire after the landing for the booster though. Looks good. Everyone seemed to love it and had a great time.
Congrats to the BO team.
Congrats to the BO team.
They were driving around in Rivian vehicles. Anyone else notice that? Everything else was pretty much what you would expect.
Wally Funk was spectacular. She seems like a wonderful person.
Nikxice
Active Member
CNN and other cable news outlets spent considerable time covering the suborbital launches of VG and BO. I think the main attractions were Branson and Bezos. VG has always had a crewed flight, which typically showed up only in news roundups. For BO, perhaps the only potential crewmember more well known than Mannequin Skywalker is Bezos. Then there's always the racetrack spectator element for these events, what if?
The charity crowdfunding for Inspiration 4 has fallen well short of expectations. If Elon were onboard there would be thorough media coverage, but expect this mission might only generate casual interest. Attracting a large number of viewers for a live reality show might work with the right cast, but Inspiration 4 might be a struggle. There's already a sterile version on NASA TV featuring the ISS crewmembers. A potential cast of known B actors living in Space might work. Even that crew would probably need some conflict and extended drama to draw regular viewers. Slick show editing versus livestreaming from Space might also work better. Just my view of the publics sad state of interest in prolonged spaceflight.
Oooouch. This article will sting.
arstechnica.com
Despite Tuesday’s flight, Jeff Bezos is running out of time to save Blue Origin
“What we know about Jeff Bezos is that he doesn’t like losing."
arstechnica.com
Yeah, I saw it last night as part of the press conference. Was at about 18:19 of
I'm also over a month late with
^^^
Indeed. A bunch of tweets at Confirmed: William Shatner Is Going To Space finally confirmed the rumors from TMZ that have been floating around for at least week.
Indeed. A bunch of tweets at Confirmed: William Shatner Is Going To Space finally confirmed the rumors from TMZ that have been floating around for at least week.
Nikxice
Active Member
From a much needed PR perspective, Shatner launching on a BO rocket is probably as good as it gets. Milking his romanticized 60's Star Trek experience and 90 years on the planet will make for a compelling event...Bill's original 1957 Sputnik era toupee probably won't be featured, but would be a hit as a Zero-G indicator!
1957 article confirms Shatner toupee purchase.
Studio One - The Defender (1957). The first toup appearance? In this production, Shatner is apparently wearing a quality studio-supplied ...
shatnerstoupee.blogspot.com
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