CPO Andy Carrillo, MS 1129565 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-69411"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fa-historic-space-flight-occurred-yesterday-who-is-ready-to-take-a-trip-into-space%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=A+historic+space+flight+occurred+yesterday%3A+Who+is+ready+to+take+a+trip+into+space%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fa-historic-space-flight-occurred-yesterday-who-is-ready-to-take-a-trip-into-space&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AA historic space flight occurred yesterday: Who is ready to take a trip into space?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/a-historic-space-flight-occurred-yesterday-who-is-ready-to-take-a-trip-into-space" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="4955e53f4667f0ae128c2dbbd5458391" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/069/411/for_gallery_v2/06f23b1a.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/069/411/large_v3/06f23b1a.jpg" alt="06f23b1a" /></a></div></div>Blue Origin, the private space firm owned by Amazon&#39;s Jeff Bezos, has just dropped a huge, unexpected gauntlet in the race to develop a reusable rocket. It just launched its New Shepard space vehicle (video, below) consisting of a BE-3 rocket and crew capsule to a suborbital height of around 100.5 kilometers (62 miles). The capsule then separated and touched down beneath a parachute, but more importantly, the BE-3 rocket also started its own descent. After the rockets fired at nearly 5,000 feet, it made a a controlled vertical landing at a gentle 4.4 mph.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/24/blue-origin-reusable-rocket-landing/">http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/24/blue-origin-reusable-rocket-landing/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/24/blue-origin-reusable-rocket-landing/">Jeff Bezos beats Elon Musk&#39;s SpaceX in the reusable rocket race</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Blue Origin got their BE-3 rocket to a height of 5,000 feet, then landed it without breaking anything.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-11-24T12:43:35-05:00 CPO Andy Carrillo, MS 1129565

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-69411"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fa-historic-space-flight-occurred-yesterday-who-is-ready-to-take-a-trip-into-space%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=A+historic+space+flight+occurred+yesterday%3A+Who+is+ready+to+take+a+trip+into+space%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fa-historic-space-flight-occurred-yesterday-who-is-ready-to-take-a-trip-into-space&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AA historic space flight occurred yesterday: Who is ready to take a trip into space?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/a-historic-space-flight-occurred-yesterday-who-is-ready-to-take-a-trip-into-space" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="c609cd7f7fdc690f3c19b010f77cd51a" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/069/411/for_gallery_v2/06f23b1a.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/069/411/large_v3/06f23b1a.jpg" alt="06f23b1a" /></a></div></div>Blue Origin, the private space firm owned by Amazon&#39;s Jeff Bezos, has just dropped a huge, unexpected gauntlet in the race to develop a reusable rocket. It just launched its New Shepard space vehicle (video, below) consisting of a BE-3 rocket and crew capsule to a suborbital height of around 100.5 kilometers (62 miles). The capsule then separated and touched down beneath a parachute, but more importantly, the BE-3 rocket also started its own descent. After the rockets fired at nearly 5,000 feet, it made a a controlled vertical landing at a gentle 4.4 mph.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/24/blue-origin-reusable-rocket-landing/">http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/24/blue-origin-reusable-rocket-landing/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/24/blue-origin-reusable-rocket-landing/">Jeff Bezos beats Elon Musk&#39;s SpaceX in the reusable rocket race</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Blue Origin got their BE-3 rocket to a height of 5,000 feet, then landed it without breaking anything.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-11-24T12:43:35-05:00 2015-11-24T12:43:35-05:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 1129566

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What&#39;s the ride ticket price?

2015-11-24T12:44:20-05:00 2015-11-24T12:44:20-05:00 PO3 Private RallyPoint Member 1129583

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>when the price down way low ....

2015-11-24T12:51:17-05:00 2015-11-24T12:51:17-05:00 LTC Stephen F. 1129584

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If my spine was up to it, I think it would be wonderful to travel to space <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="699582" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/699582-cpo-andy-carrillo-ms">CPO Andy Carrillo, MS</a>.

2015-11-24T12:51:37-05:00 2015-11-24T12:51:37-05:00 SGT Dana Williams 1129586

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It would be interesting if all went well. One heck of a ride if it didn&#39;t!

2015-11-24T12:52:35-05:00 2015-11-24T12:52:35-05:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 1129674

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No thanks, I&#39;ll stick to Disney World!

2015-11-24T13:14:02-05:00 2015-11-24T13:14:02-05:00 CPT Jack Durish 1129710

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Science fiction becomes science fact every day

2015-11-24T13:23:58-05:00 2015-11-24T13:23:58-05:00 TSgt Charles Short 1129736

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>looks neat

2015-11-24T13:32:15-05:00 2015-11-24T13:32:15-05:00 Capt Seid Waddell 1130202

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Amazing. The race is on.

2015-11-24T16:03:39-05:00 2015-11-24T16:03:39-05:00 PO1 William "Chip" Nagel 1130744

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't think I'm getting on that thing (Looks a little Obscene) but glad to hear progress is being made and wouldn't be surprised to see my Grandchildren giving no thought to space travel.

2015-11-24T20:00:38-05:00 2015-11-24T20:00:38-05:00 2015-11-24T12:43:35-05:00