Blue origin - Gateway to space tourism

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Have you ever wondered apart from NASA, a privately funded company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space? Yes, and the company name is Blue origin.

Blue origin is one of the entrepreneurial Companies that working on to lower the cost of access to space.It was founded by successful businessman Bezos, CEO of amazon!!!The goal of the blue origin as stated by Bezos is “millions of people living and working in space”.
Bezos, Ceo of amazon

The first step of Blue origin is to get humans into space by promoting space tourism. Even though the company hasn’t started testing its crewed flights to space journey, Bezos is affirmative that first commercial flight will be available on early 2018.A major boost in this space travel is tourists who are willing to explore into space would require minimal training. 

Blue origin’s NEW SHEPARD Capsule structure is built to accommodate 6 passengers. Passengers would board the spacecraft about 30 minutes before liftoff. Booster carries the capsule into space, gets separated and it lands on the ground. As the capsule continues into the wilderness of space, passengers are unbuckled and float around the cabin for 4 – 5 minutes.The capsule is designed in such a way that they have bigger windows to let tourist get the taste of the space!!!!! After a breathtaking moments in space, flight starts to return down at the speed of 2mph.

Structure of capsule and propulsion system
Source:SPACE.com

Bezos stated that company will decide the ticket prices for the space tourism once they are closer to commercial operations. Bezos also suggested that NEW SHEPARD could also be converted into a small satellite launch vehicle!! The company also focuses on NEW GLENN space vehicle whose sole purpose is for launching satellites. But New Glenn flights are scheduled to operate by 2020.

In addition to the Blue origin, other companies such as Elon Musk's SpaceX, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic are also competing in this field. Bezos is currently investing blue origin by selling stock worth of 1 billion a year from amazon. He wants to make sure that blue origin stands on its own feet.

Source:cnbc.com,SpaceNews.com, Los Angeles times
          

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