New Shepard space tourism rocket
Description
New Shepard is Blue Origin's (rocket company owned by Jeff Besos) suborbital rocket used for space tourism and science experiments. It first flew in April of 2015 and then first flew humans in July 2021.
The Numbers
height: 18.5m
width: 4.25m
passenger capacity: 6 people
max altitude: 45km roughly
flight time: 11 minutes on average
Startup Procedure
go into the capsule, the pilot seat has all the controls
press 1 on your keyboard.
The rest of the flight is automated aside from the parachute deployment or abort system
Features
Launch site with tower and crew access arms
RUD button, (press button accessible on lower access arm on tower)
realistic rocket
big windows
automated flight
retracting tower arms
realistic flight profile
several minutes of zero g
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