{"id":19421,"date":"2016-04-01T21:26:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T13:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/jeff-bezos-lets-the-world-know-about-blue-origins-craziest-spaceship-test-flight-yet\/"},"modified":"2016-04-01T21:26:37","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T13:26:37","slug":"jeff-bezos-lets-the-world-know-about-blue-origins-craziest-spaceship-test-flight-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/jeff-bezos-lets-the-world-know-about-blue-origins-craziest-spaceship-test-flight-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos lets the world know about Blue Origin\u2019s craziest spaceship test flight yet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Workers prepare Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard rocket ship for its next test flight. (Credit: Jeff Bezos via Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos says his Blue Origin rocket venture will put its New Shepard suborbital spaceship to its sternest test to date: a flight that involves a quick restart of the craft\u2019s rocket engine just six seconds before projected impact.<\/p>\n

If the restart doesn\u2019t work on Saturday, the third flight of the reusable New Shepard will end with a fiery splat.<\/p>\n

The mere fact of Bezos\u2019 announcement is almost as remarkable as the flight plan.<\/p>\n

Previously, he might have said in advance that a flight would happen \u201cvery soon,\u201d or the timing could have been figured out by checking the required notice from the Federal Aviation Administration. But today\u2019s tweets represent the first time Bezos has publicly specified the date of a Blue Origin test flight in advance.<\/p>\n

Bezos is promising that there\u2019ll be drone footage of the test. And two research experiments will be packed aboard for the trip to outer space. That marks another first for Blue Origin\u2019s suborbital space effort.<\/p>\n