Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Space Tourism Dreams Grounded As A Six-Month Investigation into Escape Hatch Error Begins

Flagship space tourism capsule by Blue Origin's has been grounded for six months due to an "anomaly" in September 2022.

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The New Shepard rocket program have continued the investigation since the incident happened, and the reasons of the malfunction are still unknown.

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The chief architect of the rocket, Gary Lai, has said that they fully intend to be back in business as soon as their preparations are complete.

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Blue Origin stressed on the apparent malfunction which did show that The escape mechanisms worked as planned.

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The Blue Origin rocket's first-phase booster, which had a feature to be reusable, but was lost in the incident.

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Blue Origin's suborbital tourism goals seem optimistic even when its tourism crew capsule is still grounded.

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The company has not been able to provide any specific timelines or plans for when they will fix the situation.

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The situation is a setback for the company, which has persistently been trying to compete with rivals like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic in the space tourism market.

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Even if Blue Origin's reputation has taken a hit following the incident, it remains to be seen how it will affect their overall business going forward.

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