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blue originEurope Tentatively Considers Copying SpaceX While China Has Four Companies Racing to Catchup

June 27, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
Europe has provided 3 million euros in funding for a three year investigation of reusable rockets. This program is not funded to actually build or fly any vehicles. They want to agree on specifics of two designs. Europe is tentatively …
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blue originJeff Bezos Details Vision of Colonizing the Solar System

May 10, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
Jeff Bezos discussed his vision to go to space to benefit Earth. He announced the Blue Moon lunar lander and provided updates on the New Shepard sub-orbital rocket and the New Glenn rocket.
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blue originNew Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket and a Successful First Commercial Sub-orbital Payload

January 27, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
Blue Origin has successfully launched a first commercial payload. It was a sub-orbital launch with the New Shepard rocket. The New Shepard system took 8 NASA-sponsored research and technology payloads into sub-orbital space. This flight was dedicated to NASA’s Flight …
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blue originBlue Origin Starts Building a BE-4 Rocket Engine Factory

January 27, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
Blue Origin has started building a BE-4 rocket-engine production facility in Huntsville, Alabama. It will cost more than $200 million and employ about 300 when it opens in March 2020. This was reported by the Herald Net. The facility will …
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blue originBlue Origin and BE4 get $1 billion Air Force boost

October 11, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
The Air Force’s recent funding should see close to $1 billion go towards Blue Origin and its BE4 engine. The BE4 engine is used in Blue Origin rocket and the ULA Vulcan rocket. $500 million in OTA funds will go …
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blue originBlue Origin flies booster and crew capsule

December 14, 2017 | Brian Wang |
 
Blue Origin New Shepard flew again for the seventh time on Dec. 12, 2017, from Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site. Known as Mission 7 (M7), the mission featured the next-generation booster and the first flight of Crew Capsule 2.0. …
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amazonUltra high definition TVs, a few native high resolution movies and TV shows for tens of hours of content in 2014

December 20, 2013 | Brian Wang |
 
Samsung’s currently has a 85-inch Ultra HD display is priced at $40,000, while LG has a 84-inch Ultra HD display priced at $17,000. LG Electronics and Samsung have each announced new 105-inch Ultra HD TV displays. Both call their new …
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