贝索斯公布火箭研制计划

    After years of secrecy, Blue Origin and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has unveiled a new rocket that will one day launch payloads* and people into the Earth’s orbit.

    Named after the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth, the New Glenn launcher is larger than SpaceX’s future Heavy rocket and is set to visit the final frontier by the end of the decade.

    The spacecraft come in two stages that are designed with half the power of NASA’s Saturn V launcher, and will bring Blue Origin one-step closer to its goal of “millions of people living and working in space.”

    Blue Origin has always aimed at moving its vehicles into the space tourism market and the New Glenn, named in honor of astronaut John Glenn, are key players for this plan.

    A single vacuum-optimized BE-3 engine, burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, will power New Glenn’s third stage, according to Bezos. However,the booster and the second stage are identical in both variants.

    Just like Blue Origin’s smaller BE-3 engine and New Shepard Propulsion module, both of the new rockets and their engines are reusable. Bezos sees this method as a way to lower the costs of space travel.(SD-Agencies)