Comments on: Blue Origin proposes orbital vehicle

By: 5 Space Tourism Programs Likely to Launch Before Boeing | Listicles

5 Space Tourism Programs Likely to Launch Before Boeing | Listicles — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:12:15 +0000

[…] spaceport in Texas here, read a NewSpace Journal description of the company’s orbital vehicle here, read an account of Blue Origin’s first launch from MSNBC’s Cosmic log blog here, and […]

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:02:53 +0000

I am losing interest in this company very fast.

Scaled Composites/Virgin Galactic have been moving along at a snail’s pace, true, but at least their work is innovative and they give updates to the press once in a while.

Blue Origin, on the other hand, has given me NO reason to look up to them. So far, they can’t do anything, except launch a fancy toy up several hundred feet into the air. Ditto to the endeavours of big-talk-no-results Armadillo Aerospace.

Do not call me an enemy of space exploration and science. I’m all that and more. I would LOVE to see Blue Origin be a shining example of private spaceflight. I would LOVE to see Blue Origin achieve everything they have promised for years. And some press information would surely change my mind about them…..

… But until them, they are little more than a fictitious company to me.

By: Rob Coppinger

Rob Coppinger — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:01:55 +0000

I’ve just thought, is that biconic capsule image an actual Blue Origin image or is it something pilfered off the internet by a NASA employee for the sake of the presentation?

By: fregate

fregate — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:19:30 +0000

To be more precise one of the earliest configuration of Kliper – “Lifting Body” (i.e.without wings).

By: Rob Coppinger

Rob Coppinger — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:15:00 +0000

Yes it does look a bit like Russia’s Kliper, or Clipper. I wonder if Energia is making a quick buck by selling some of its know how to Blue Origin.

By: one

one — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:59:47 +0000

it’s the russian Kliper…

By: Terence Clark

Terence Clark — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:39:06 +0000

Good catch on this one. Blue Origin is a pretty hard company to get information out of. I figured the CCDev agreement would tease something out of the ether. I can’t wait to see what they have up their sleeve.