Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company is working on the New Shepard suborbital tourism system, the New Glenn heavy rocket, the Blue Moon lander, and the BE-4 and BE-7 rocket engines.
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Blue Origin actively uses reusable technologies.
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Bezos sees the ultimate goal of Blue Origin as creating infrastructure for the exploration of the celestial bodies of the Solar System.
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The launch of New Shepard, including a descent capsule and a single-stage rocket, took place at a test site in Texas.
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The capsule reached an altitude of about 105 kilometers, that is, the boundary between the Earth's atmosphere and space.
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The flight duration was approximately 11 minutes, of which four were spent in zero gravity.
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The NS-16 mission was New Shepard's 16th and the first to be conducted with humans.
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The small and reliable New Shepard system is meant for suborbital space tourism.
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However, Blue Origin is also working on New Glenn, which will be capable of reaching low orbit.
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In December 2020, Jeff Bezos presented a floating landing pad for the first stage of the New Glenn launch vehicle named after his mother Jacklyn.
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Blue Origin is also developing a lunar module that will be used to deliver cargo and manned flights to the Moon.
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Its technology is more robust and safe for repeated lunar missions.
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The lander uses liquid hydrogen as fuel.
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Not only is hydrogen the most efficient rocket fuel, it can also be mined on the Moon.
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Another project of Blue Origin is a rocket engine manufacturing plant in Huntsville, Alabama, which produces BE-7 engines for the Blue Moon module, BE-3U engines for the New Glenn launch vehicle, and the BE-4 rocket engine, which is under development.
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In 2020 Blue Origin delivered the first BE-4 rocket engine, meant to replace the Russian RD-180, to ULA (United Launch Alliance) for testing.
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ULA aimed to launch its first mission in 2021 on the VulcanCentaur launch vehicle.
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Warning: these questons and answers are not all representative of the way questions will be asked and answered in the pilot, because some questions are compound and some answers do not include citations.

Q: Who owns the company Blue Origin?
A: Jeff Bezos

Q: What project is Blue Origin company working on?
A: The New Shepard suborbital tourism system 

Q: What project is Blue Origin company working on?
A: The New Glenn heavy rocket 

Q: What project is Blue Origin company working on?
A: The Blue Moon lander 

Q: What project is Blue Origin company working on?
A: The BE-4 and BE-7 rocket enginesA: The BE-4 rocket engineA: The BE-7 rocket engine

Q: What kind of technologies does Blue Origin actively use?
A: Reusable technologies 

Q: What is the ultimate goal of Blue Origin?
A: Creating infrastructure for the exploration of the celestial bodies of the Solar SystemA: Exploration of the celestial bodies of the Solar System

Q: Where did the launch of New Shepard take place?
A: At a test site in TexasA: In Texas

Q: What did the New Shepard system include?
A: A descent capsule 

Q: What did the New Shepard system include?
A: A single-stage rocket

Q: What altitude did the New Shepard capsule reach?
A: About 105 kilometers

Q: How long was the flight of the New Shepard?
A: 11 minutes

Q: What is the New Glenn rocket capable of?
A: Reaching low Earth orbit 

Q: What part of the New Glenn launch vehicle did Jeff Bezos present in December 2020?
A: A floating landing pad for it first stageA: A floating landing pad

Q: What will Blue Origin’s lunar module be used for?
A: Delivering cargo and manned flights to the MoonA: Delivering cargo to the MoonA: Delivering manned flights to the Moon

Q: What is the advantage of Blue Origin’s lunar module technology?
A: It is more robust and safe for repeated lunar missionsA: It is more robust for repeated lunar missionsA: It is more safe for repeated lunar missions

Q: What does the Blue Origin’s lander use as fuel?
A: Liquid hydrogen  

Q: Where does Blue Origin have a rocket engine manufacturing plant?
A: In Huntsville, Alabama

Q: What does the Blue Origin plant in Huntsville, Alabama produce?
A: BE-7 engines for the Blue Moon moduleA: BE-7 engines 

Q: What does the Blue Origin plant in Huntsville, Alabama produce?
A: BE-3U engines for the New Glenn launch vehicleA: BE-3U engines 

Q: What does the Blue Origin plant in Huntsville, Alabama produce?
A: BE-4 rocket engines