Blue Origin stuns the space industry

Ragnarök said:
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They went to space with wetsuits and no helmets
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Here are more lies from chatgpt for you to not believe

Here’s the key difference when you stack Blue Origin’s New Shepard against SpaceX’s Crew Dragon:

1. Re‑entry speed

New Shepard (sub‑orbital): Peaks at about 2,500 mph (roughly Mach 3) on its way back down — too slow to ionize the air or generate much frictional heating .

Crew Dragon (orbital): Comes in at roughly 17,500 mph (up near Mach 25), producing superheated plasma and skin‐temperatures above 3,000 °F .



2. Heating scales with velocity

Aerodynamic heating roughly follows the third to eighth power of velocity. Cut your speed by ∼8× (Mach 25 → Mach 3) and you slash heating by thousands of times — eliminating any chance of scorching .



3. Thermal‑protection materials

New Shepard uses durable, reusable coatings and insulation that see only mild heating — no ablation, no charring.

Crew Dragon relies on a PICA‑X ablative heat shield that sacrifices material to absorb heat, leaving the underside visibly “toasted” (and requiring shield refurbishment or replacement) .



4. Descent profile

After re‑entry, both capsules deploy parachutes, but New Shepard’s much gentler speed under canopy (just a few dozen mph) means virtually zero additional heating before touchdown. Crew Dragon still slows under chutes, but it’s coming off a far hotter entry.





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Bottom line: SpaceX’s Dragon looks scorched because it’s built to survive orbital‑speed re‑entry with an ablative shield that chars away. Blue Origin’s New Shepard never reaches those blistering speeds, so it simply doesn’t get hot enough to leave scorch marks.
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HAL 9000 said:
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The BBC gives a lot more context about the various memes:
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Blue Origin flight: Wendy's praises Katy Perry after 'can we send her back' tweet

The fast-food chain says it has no ill-will for Perry, after snide tweets about her trip to space went viral.
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While the space flight was meant to celebrate women, the crew has faced some criticism. The backlash ranged from the environmental impact of the flight to looming cuts for actual Nasa employees.

Other celebrities also offered their two cents.

"I think it's a bit gluttonous," actress Olivia Munn said in an appearance on TODAY. "Space exploration was to further our knowledge and to help mankind. What are they going to do up there that is going to help us down here?"

Model and activist Emily Ratajkowski said on TikTok that the flight was "beyond parody".

"Look at the state of the world and think about how many resources went into putting these women into space," she said. "For what?"
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what do actual astronauts and cosmonauts think of this charade?

I know if it was me Id be mad, at how easy these Chicks had it, didn't go through selection, didn't learn Russian, didn't get thrown a 1001 different scenarios in simulators, from unlikely to uncommon, such as Landing in China or hostile territory and getting attacked by a bear. through to the most obscure and difficult to see switch in the spacecraft being flipped the wrong way.

these chicks were basically just on a fairground ride, accomplished nothing, and didn't earn that privilege,
I can see though what @HAL 9000 says, that these days its so easy to go to space, and its been made so safe simple anybody could do it,

but I dont agree there, if it was safe like everybody says, why dont more do it,?

even during when the 1st aircraft flew, all sorts of people tried all sorts of things, successful and not to advance the field,
 
Bliksis said:
I would have loved an opportunity like this, for free. I won't lie, it will be interesting.
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as would I, but it does in a way exist for regular mortals,
called the Vomit comet, whole bunch of these parabola flights that let you experience weightlessness for a few seconds at a time.
specially converted aircraft, with a combi half cargo half pax conversion,

flight takes off as normal, sit in the seat like any airline, till the 1st parabola, where you move to the empty section, take off shoes, and as the aircraft descends following the curvature of the earth, you experience weightlessness and fly towards the ceiling.
BUT then, as it pulls out of the dive, you experience 2 times gravity, and get pinned to the floor, till the next parabola.

never figured out why they never took these chickies to do that, would have been more appropriate,

almost no training, no special spacecraft, no cringy moments, just a lot of "vomiting" as the name suggests.
as people all react differently to it, some chuck, some okay, some nauseous,

and yes, the REAL astronauts that went through selection and trained for years to go to space did exactly this.
multiple times, the Soviets practiced everything literally everything, from eating to taking a dump in a aircraft similar to this.

all to PROVE what is and isnt possible, so when they DO go to orbit the experience is familiar.
 
Saw a comment somewhere:
4 minutes in space makes you a qualified astronaut.
Last night I became a qualified gynecologist.
 
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