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Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket grounded as FAA investigates launch failure
Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft is grounded until further notice. New Shepard suffered a booster failure during an uncrewed flight from West Texas on Monday morning (Sept. 12). The vehicle's capsule successfully engaged its emergency abort system and ended up landing safely under parachutes, but the booster crashed hard back to Earth. Monday's mission was the 23rd overall for the New Shepard program and the 17th to fly without any people onboard. The failure occurred about 1… (www.space.com) 更多...
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The FAA grounded all tourist flights by Blue Origin
Know your facts before posting.
The current launch license and experimental permits from the US government Federal Aviation Administration authorize flights of New Shepard rockets.
The current launch license and experimental permits from the US government Federal Aviation Administration authorize flights of New Shepard rockets.
Watch the video of the capsule recovery from 5:44 on to 5:48 and tell me the "backup retro system" ever fired! A 3 to 5 G splat in west TX. dirt will make quite a dust and dirt cloud as well.
That was my thought watching it as well. The commentator said something about the retro rocket system firing, but rewatching that footage I saw zero evidence of retro rockets...
Nothing a little Bondo, bailing wire, chewing gum, & elbow grease can’t fix
not to mention A-Prime membership dues!
The article makes clear that it is Blue Origin that is grounding the craft, not the FAA. The FAA's is overseeing the investigation. As noted in the article: "This is standard practice for all mishap investigations."
Not much of a story here.