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04-06-2016, 12:28 AM
Blue Origin's secrecy clouds the future of private sector spaceflight
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On Saturday, future space tourists and members of the public got to see a rocket test happen... on Twitter.
Blue Origin — the traditionally tight-lipped spaceflight company backed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos — an**unced on Friday that they would launch the third test of a rocket that has flown to suborbital space twice before.*
On Saturday, instead of sending out a video and photos of the launch and reusable rocket test one day after it flew as they had before, Bezos live-tweeted the flight and landing, without photos or video footage.*
Some have hailed this burgeoning transparency as a signal that Blue Origin (http://mashable.com/2016/04/02/blue-origin-jeff-bezos-test-flight/#cBoHTbqTaqqX?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) is starting to feel more confident about their rockets and capsules. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/blue-origin-transparency-spaceflight/)
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On Saturday, future space tourists and members of the public got to see a rocket test happen... on Twitter.
Blue Origin — the traditionally tight-lipped spaceflight company backed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos — an**unced on Friday that they would launch the third test of a rocket that has flown to suborbital space twice before.*
On Saturday, instead of sending out a video and photos of the launch and reusable rocket test one day after it flew as they had before, Bezos live-tweeted the flight and landing, without photos or video footage.*
Some have hailed this burgeoning transparency as a signal that Blue Origin (http://mashable.com/2016/04/02/blue-origin-jeff-bezos-test-flight/#cBoHTbqTaqqX?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) is starting to feel more confident about their rockets and capsules. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/blue-origin-transparency-spaceflight/)
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