A rocket is used four times. What is a cheap space tour like? What should I pay attention to?

The launch took place at the proving ground of Blue Origin in West Texas, USA. Even if one of the three gliders fails, the crew cabin equipped for the key test can still return to the ground safely to ensure the personal safety of passengers in future navigation. Shortly after the rocket was launched, it separated from the crew cabin and returned to the ground respectively. The rocket runs the arrow tail engine in front of the ground to complete the landing, while the passenger cabin descends with the help of the remaining two gliders. The rocket strike is calculated at the moment before landing, and the speed is further reduced to ensure the safe landing. Compared with the past, the blue origin also tested some complex maneuverability of the new Sheppard rocket in this daily mission.

In the history of human spaceflight, there was a similar situation. Before Apollo 15 capsule 197 1 year returns from the moon and the sea level drops, there will be a set of gliding suits that cannot be carried out. Although the last three astronauts were safe, NASA still described the whole landing process as a "hard landing".

Bezos, the founder of Blue Origin, demonstrated before the launch that even in this case, the only two gliders and braking systems (computational rockets) can still make the crew cabin return safely. Previous calculations show that this is also true, and the navigation test on 19 confirms this again. This crew cabin weapon is equipped with two buffer mechanisms: one is a passive energy-absorbing mechanism installed on the seat to reduce the impact when passengers sit on the seat, and the other is an additional residual countermeasure, which is a computing rocket installed at the bottom of the crew cabin, which can reduce the speed of the crew cabin to 1 m/s at the moment of landing.

The origin of blue was founded in 2000 by Amazon CEO Bezos. The task of this new private space enterprise is to improve the stability of space exploration and increase its cost. At present, we are committed to low-cost space tourism in sub-orbit of the earth.

Previously, this new Shepard rocket was launched and recovered for the first time on 20 15+0 1, and was reused twice in 20 16+ 1 and April. The launch on the night of 19 was also the fourth take-off of the rocket. Compared with the daily tasks of the previous three launches, this time Blue Origin changed the previous information confidentiality, and the launch live room was announced on the Internet for the first time. It is easy to imagine another private space company, Space Exploration Technology Company, persistently opening up to the outside world and announcing the whole launch process. Both Blue Origin and Space Exploration Technology Company are pursuing the perfect mastery of rocket reuse technology.

However, the launch of Space Exploration Technologies on Thursday was unlucky. Because the liquid oxygen was used early, the rocket landed hard and the rocket recovery was unsuccessful. The blue origin is shining all the way, and it is necessary to announce the opening of passenger navigation in 2022. The flying altitude and return rate of the two Enterprise rockets are naturally completely different. Because the new Shepard rocket performs the daily task of suborbital navigation, it is easier to recover than the Falcon 9 rocket of Space Exploration Technology Company.

Interestingly, Musk, CEO of Space Exploration Technology Company, like Bezos, is from an Internet company, so the two aerospace companies have the same obvious Internet marketing in management methods, and opening to the outside world and daring to try new technology applications are the most important differences between 2 1 New Century New Personal Aerospace Company and traditional aerospace companies such as Loma and Boeing. The blue origin and the broken window effect caused by space exploration technology companies have changed the layout of commercial service launches in outer space all over the world. For example, the low launch price of space exploration technology company greatly reduced the number of traditional space companies ULA, and the reuse technology of Falcon 9 and new Sheppard rockets also changed the design concept of the next generation rockets of space organizations around the world.