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Blue Origin will attempt their 10th test flight of the up-and-down space tourist vehicle New Shephard this morning. The 15-minute flight is set for 8:50 am Central time from Texas. Watch it HERE They expect to be flying passengers this year.
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Thanks Rocky. It should be coming up soon.
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Clearly a delay of some kind. Don't know any details.
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I never heard what the hold up is, but she did mention that the current temp is 32*.
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Thanks. My page didn't auto-refresh.
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That was ultra cool...... Thanks for the link, Rocky.
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That was very cool. I wonder what the price tag will be to take a flight.
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That was cool!.... thanks for posting the link Rocky, I never would of known about it.
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They haven't yet set the price tag, but I bet it's going to be about $15,000. Per minute.
Edit to add: The lady launch commentator was very good. She beats the pants off the schlubs that SpaceX uses.
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Yea, she's pretty hot too. I think I'd hit it.
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