The various videos of disastrous failures to land a rocket have been pretty entertaining. But they pale in comparison to the ones that succeed.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin project had its third straight success over the weekend. And it was spectacular.
The New Shepard rocket climbed to about 64 miles over Texas. That’s high enough to carry six people into space, but it’s not high enough to orbit the earth.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins