Blue Origin's New Shepard suffers anomaly during launch, capsule lands safely(space.com)

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Blue Origin's New Shepard suffers anomaly during launch, capsule lands safely

https://www.space.com/blue-origin-ns-23-mission-launch-preview

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ortusdux4 ปีที่แล้ว

I wonder how many G's the capsule pulled during this maneuver. It should have been pulling about 3 G's just prior. As I understand it, launch abort survivability is the main driver of the physical fitness requirements for these passenger flights.

Obligatory XKCD: https://what-if.xkcd.com/imgs/a/116/directions.png