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Bezos Unveils Lunar Lander the Size of Small House / Landing Expected by 2024

hank
edited May 2019 in Off-Topic
“Blue Origin officials gave conflicting answers to questions about when the company would land on the moon with and without people. Blue Origin vice-president Clay Mowry said 2024 was not a concrete goal for a mission with people, and said it was more up to NASA as a potential customer.Former U.S. Rep. Robert Walker, a private space consultant who is working with Blue Origin, said it plans for a 2023 launch without people. Blue Origin in 2017 revealed plans to send an unmanned, reusable rocket, capable of carrying 4,500 kilograms of payload, to the moon. The company had a successful launch earlier this month, reusing one of its New Shepherd rockets, which barely goes to the edge of space, for a fifth time.”

Main Story: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/jeff-bezos-spaceship-moon-blue-origin-1.5130453

Additional - Last June Blue Origin announced plans to start selling rides into space sometime in 2019. Here’s the nearly year old article. https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-plans-to-start-selling-suborbital-spaceflight-tickets-next-year/. As far as I can tell, they’re still expecting for these tickets to go on sale by year’s end. No word yet on price.

I attempted to buy a ticket on Blue Origin’s website today. https://www.blueorigin.com/index. Unfortunately they are not yet listed as for sale.

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  • TedTed
    @MFO Members: This is ancient history, Ralph Kramden sent his wife there on several occasions years ago ! The poster's memory must be slipping !
    Regards,
    Ted :(:(:(:(
  • hank
    edited May 2019
    Gleason remains one of my favorite performers - yet shrouded in controversy. And, I’d walked by his statue in front of the N.Y. Port Authority dozens of times without noticing it until after @LewisBrahm mentioned it one time here. Quite a remarkable monument actually. Adds a touch of class in a location seemingly lacking.:)

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  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    He was one of the greats. And his supporting cast was right up there also. I can still remember the wonderful overhead camera shots of the June Taylor Dancers who usually were the opening act for his show. Unfortunately I can't seem to locate any of those, but here's a good one from the front:

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