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We've built a full-scale deployable aerobrake unit showcasing technology that uses planetary atmospheres to slow spacecraft, saving significant mass and cost and enabling heavy cargo delivery from the Moon, to Mars, and point-to-point missions on Earth. Lighter and larger than conventional aeroshells, it deploys in space and stows for... show more

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Mookafish10 months ago

Casually announcing that you've built a massive deployable heat shield on a random Wednesday is actually crazy

Jeremy Bernstein10 months ago

At this rate, by Friday they’ll announce a fully reusable upper stage.

Robin10 months ago

Holy shit. BO has been cooking

Pat O'Neil10 months ago

Anyone noticing this going on rn?

Goob10 months ago

You want to send a man to space under a tarp?

Nelson Garcia10 months ago

Our perception of Blue Origin before landing a booster and after smashing expectations

Mack Crawford10 months ago

Big enough to recover GS2's engines?

KerbalSpaceNut10 months ago

Now all you need is a REALLY big racket… or like, two…

Kristian Prather10 months ago

You made a big black umbrella to slow your decent? Congratulations, you’re investing in technology pioneered by Mary Poppins.

Stephen Turner 🇬🇧🇺🇦10 months ago

Explain to me how a "deployable aerobrake" can use "planetary atmospheres to slow spacecraft" and so "enabling heavy cargo delivery from the Moon"?

Curiosity Films10 months ago

SpaceX is doing human end to end transport on earth. Blue origin is looking at moving cargo using end to end transport on earth. Inversion wants to drop packages from space to your house in an hour.

Eric Knudsen10 months ago

There’s so much potential in systems like this. Excited to see next steps. Keep innovating Blue!

Jason Dunn10 months ago

Welcome to the multi-ton Earth return club! Low-beta decelerators are the key unlock for opening a return lane from space and it’s nice to see @outpostspace finally has some good company.

Jeff Neelz10 months ago

Dumb question. Could this be used to recover a New Glenn second stage?

Eng-Atwooki10 months ago

Bro has been building his shit in silent while the other mandem has been making noise for every one on the internet about every single thing

MacroInvent10 months ago

I’m questioning how a fabric can withstand the heat and force of a reentry from deep space, considering the stress on small shields and the cubed heating factor on large shields that (for NASA) kept the field stagnant for 50 years.

Miranda 🚀10 months ago

nice onion tent ya got there

Kovai🇺🇸10 months ago

I love this timeline 💕 Blue Origin. SpaceX. All the others. They're in the ring RIGHT NOW. The ring is a garden. They're just small little seeds, planted near the early parts of the book on the grand Human story. Planted. Sprouted. Yet to bloom. Though, the blooms will be immaculate. Showering the Human Species with endless fruit. Exciting times! To get to observe and experience this incredible chapter from the grand Human story. It's a great chapter. It's a great book. 🌱🕊🌌️

Blaze10 months ago

Blue Origin has been cooking. Excited to see what else they're cooking up.

Faraz 🇺🇸 🚀10 months ago

Adept system developed by NASA. + @outpostspace

Eric Thiel10 months ago

Blue Origin builds industry on the Moon, delivers their lunar made material to other markets. SpaceX focuses on Mars.

KiwiThinker10 months ago

Is it single use only or reusable?

Hubert Kunnemeyer10 months ago

Like a giant umbrella. Hmmm…You know it doesn’t always go so well for the coyote when he jumps off a cliff with an umbrella.

Lokesh KR10 months ago

Blue origin a sleeping giant in the space industry, just woke up and it's on a roll.

Cadillac 6210 months ago

Blue origin did more this month than it had done in 20 years wtf

Bonspy10 months ago

Unless the trailing spacecraft is connected to the aerobrake unit by a solid rod of some sort, the aerobrake unit will slow down faster than the spacecraft due to higher atmospheric friction, causing a collision. 💥 See upper right graphic.

Stork10 months ago

Please name the first one “Mary Poppins”

Steve jones10 months ago

This is of course a good application for lunar basalt engineered fabrics:

Some Rocket Guy10 months ago

This is awesome. How many times can it be reused?

Nicolai Kallis10 months ago

Casually mentioning you build a heat proof space umbrella is insane! 👏 ☂️

BROK - PaintGoat44410 months ago

I waste of money they’re starving and hungry children that will never see the light a day or even know about what’s going on. What is the point to go to the moon and Mars fix the planet that you’re on and then travel

Stan10 months ago

Since when did you become that sexy BO ? Hum ? I didn’t get that memo

Note10 months ago

This looks amazing. Is it intended for single use? I'm super curious how that material can hold up through super heated plasma.

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