The us private aerospace company Blue Origin, owned by Amazon founder Jeffrey Bezos, is working actively on the creation of a reusable booster and spacecraft, and others demonstrates its developments at various exhibitions. One of these exhibitions will be held from 24 to 30 July 2017 in the U.S. city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Visitors will not only show the spacecraft New Shepard in all its glory, but will take part in an amazing ride for a simulated flight into space inside the ship.
The spacecraft New Shepard is designed for a crew of three and allows you to make vertical takeoffs and landings. The apparatus is 15 meters high and 6 meters in diameter has a conical shape. It consists of two modules: the engine compartment and the crew capsule. The total mass loaded into fuels (concentrated hydrogen peroxide and kerosene) is 54 tons. According to a statement by the manufacturer, the device is able for 110 seconds to reach a height of 40 kilometers, and then the ascent continues by inertia.
At the exhibition in Oshkosh, among other things, will be presented remark-oriented space tourists version of the New Shepard vehicle. Company Blue Origin will allow visitors to climb into the capsule of the crew to take their seats and then to participate in the simulation output the ship into orbit. Instead of portholes in the capsule will have high-resolution displays, which will display the actual video from one of the launching into orbit of the test vehicles. If you at the end of July for some lucky chance find yourself in the vicinity of the city of Oshkosh, we advise you to visit the exhibition. The attraction will be available to everyone.
Blue Origin will offer visitors a simulation of space flight
Sergey Grey