A Peek at Blue Origin’s Space Plans
by John Little on 27/06/2006MSNBC Science Editor Alan Boyle reveals some very interesting (and much anticipated) information about Blue Origin:
Some of the contenders in the commercial spaceflight race are more hush-hush than others – and virtually no one is more secretive than Blue Origin, the space effort funded by Amazon.com’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos. Most of what’s known publicly about Blue Origin has come from the rare interview or public-record filing – or from just skulking around.Fortunately, there’s a new public record that provides lots of detail about what Blue Origin is up to – an almost mind-numbing 229 pages’ worth. Page for page, it’s probably the biggest assortment of Blue’s clues yet.
The details are contained in a draft environmental assessment filed with the Federal Aviation Administration, and released by the agency a couple of days ago (PDF file). The FAA says the document will be the subject of a public hearing July 25 in Van Horn, Texas, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of the launch site on Bezos’ sprawling 165,000-acre Corn Ranch.
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