贝佐斯要在周日首次网络流媒体直播其下次发射，

本人译文：私人航天公司蓝色起源将在本周末第四次尝试发射和回收他的新谢泼德火箭，而且这次我们将可以收看到现场直播。在本周早些时候对外宣布火箭会在周五发射，而公司的CEO杰夫贝佐斯今天在推特上说公司预计在周日发射。在blueorigin.com上将会有这次发射的直播。贝佐斯讲道：测试发射预定在美国东部时间上午10：15，网络直播将会在上午9：45左右开始。

    这是蓝色起源公司首次提供发射的直播内容，暗示了该公司试图时期项目更加透明化。直到最近，该公司很少对于其工作接受采访，前几次发射都是在发射完成后才被公诸于众。而且就算到了那时候，蓝色起源除了发出一些高度处理后的视频之外，也不提供关于发射的更多信息。


    但是最近的几次事件显示该公司正在转向一种更加开放的心态。3月贝佐斯首次邀请了一小批记者进入位于华盛顿，kent的公司总部。而且CEO在4月新谢泼德火箭真正发射之前对外宣布了这次发射。他甚至在推特上直播了该次发射以使公众知道：飞船已经发射而且顺利着陆。
  
    由于公司的主要目标包括送旅客进入太空，所以透明将会变得非常关键。这也是这批新谢泼德无人测试飞行的目的之所在。设计这种可复用飞船是用来发射一批在人飞船进入62英里高空，6名乘客将会在那里体验到大约4分钟的失重状态。在此次测试飞行中，载人飞船将会和新谢泼德其他部分在太空中分离，而且两者对返回地球。主箭体设定为重新点燃引擎，然后反推垂直着陆在地面上，而载人飞船则展开降落伞缓慢下降，实现软着陆。

    蓝色起源已经用新谢泼德搭载的无人飞船3次成功验证了发射和降落技术。然而下次，蓝色起源想知道当发生未预料到的随机事情的时候结果如何。在周日的发射中，其中两个降落伞会被设定为打开失败。贝佐斯声称飞船能够hold住这种情景，而且理论上来说，所有在飞船上的人都会是安全的。然而出于附加保护的目的，载人飞船会有一些备份系统。比如说减速火箭和吸能结构来保障乘客在不正常着陆情况发生的时候的生命安全。
    蓝色起源计划本年度其他时间继续进行无人测试飞行。贝佐斯说在2017年会进行部分有人测试飞行，最早2018年付费乘客就可以开始买票到太空玩耍了。

网络链接：http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/1 ... -livestream-landing

原文：Private spaceflight company Blue Origin will attempt to launch and land its New Shepard rocket for the fourth time this weekend — and this time, we’ll get to watch the test flight live. After announcing earlier this week that the launch would take place on Friday, CEO Jeff Bezos tweeted out on today that the company is aiming to launch on Sunday. A live webcast will show the event at BlueOrigin.com. Bezos said the test flight is scheduled for 10:15 AM ET, and the webcast will begin around 9:45AM ET.

Replacing leaking O-ring in capsule’s nitrogen gas pressurization system. Rescheduling flight to Sunday. #GradatimFerociter
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) June 16, 2016
This is the first time that Blue Origin has provided a live stream of one of its launches, suggesting that the company is trying to be more transparent with its projects. That’s smart, since Blue Origin has been criticized for its super secret reputation in the past. Up until recently, the company rarely gave interviews about its work, and the first few test flights of the New Shepard weren't publicized until after they had been completed. And even then, Blue Origin didn’t provide much information about the flights, apart from releasing highly stylized videos.

THE COMPANY IS TRYING TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH ITS PROJECTS

But recent events suggest the company is transitioning to a more open mindset. In March, Bezos invited a small group of journalists to the company’s headquarters in Kent, Washington for the first time. And the CEO announced the most recent test flight of the New Shepard in April, before it actually took place. He even live-tweeted the event, letting people know that the vehicle had launched and landed smoothly.

Transparency is going to be crucial for Blue Origin, since the company’s main goal revolves around sending tourists into space. That’s what these uncrewed test flights of the New Shepard are all about. The reusable vehicle is designed to launch a crew capsule up to 62 miles above the Earth’s surface, where six passengers will experience about four minutes of weightlessness. In the test flights, the crew capsule detaches from the rest of the New Shepard vehicle in space, and both fall back to Earth. The main rocket body is supposed to reignite its engines and land upright on solid ground, while the crew capsule deploys parachutes to lower itself down gently.

Blue Origin has successfully demonstrated this launch and landing technique with the same uncrewed New Shepard vehicle three times before. But for this next test, Blue Origin wants to know what happens when that landing sequence doesn’t go according to plan. On Sunday, two of the crew capsule’s parachutes will intentionally fail to deploy during the spacecraft’s descent. Bezos claims that the vehicle can handle the scenario just fine, and theoretically, any people on board would be safe. But for added protection, the crew capsule has some backup systems — such as retro-rockets and a "crushable structure" — to help keep passengers alive if an abnormal landing should occur.

Blue Origin plans to continue uncrewed test flights of New Shepard throughout the rest of the year. Bezos said that the vehicle will start carrying test pilots into space sometime in 2017, and paying customers could start riding as early as 2018.

本人译文：私人航天公司蓝色起源将在本周末第四次尝试发射和回收他的新谢泼德火箭，而且这次我们将可以收看到现场直播。在本周早些时候对外宣布火箭会在周五发射，而公司的CEO杰夫贝佐斯今天在推特上说公司预计在周日发射。在blueorigin.com上将会有这次发射的直播。贝佐斯讲道：测试发射预定在美国东部时间上午10：15，网络直播将会在上午9：45左右开始。

    这是蓝色起源公司首次提供发射的直播内容，暗示了该公司试图时期项目更加透明化。直到最近，该公司很少对于其工作接受采访，前几次发射都是在发射完成后才被公诸于众。而且就算到了那时候，蓝色起源除了发出一些高度处理后的视频之外，也不提供关于发射的更多信息。


    但是最近的几次事件显示该公司正在转向一种更加开放的心态。3月贝佐斯首次邀请了一小批记者进入位于华盛顿，kent的公司总部。而且CEO在4月新谢泼德火箭真正发射之前对外宣布了这次发射。他甚至在推特上直播了该次发射以使公众知道：飞船已经发射而且顺利着陆。
  
    由于公司的主要目标包括送旅客进入太空，所以透明将会变得非常关键。这也是这批新谢泼德无人测试飞行的目的之所在。设计这种可复用飞船是用来发射一批在人飞船进入62英里高空，6名乘客将会在那里体验到大约4分钟的失重状态。在此次测试飞行中，载人飞船将会和新谢泼德其他部分在太空中分离，而且两者对返回地球。主箭体设定为重新点燃引擎，然后反推垂直着陆在地面上，而载人飞船则展开降落伞缓慢下降，实现软着陆。

    蓝色起源已经用新谢泼德搭载的无人飞船3次成功验证了发射和降落技术。然而下次，蓝色起源想知道当发生未预料到的随机事情的时候结果如何。在周日的发射中，其中两个降落伞会被设定为打开失败。贝佐斯声称飞船能够hold住这种情景，而且理论上来说，所有在飞船上的人都会是安全的。然而出于附加保护的目的，载人飞船会有一些备份系统。比如说减速火箭和吸能结构来保障乘客在不正常着陆情况发生的时候的生命安全。
    蓝色起源计划本年度其他时间继续进行无人测试飞行。贝佐斯说在2017年会进行部分有人测试飞行，最早2018年付费乘客就可以开始买票到太空玩耍了。

网络链接：http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/1 ... -livestream-landing

原文：Private spaceflight company Blue Origin will attempt to launch and land its New Shepard rocket for the fourth time this weekend — and this time, we’ll get to watch the test flight live. After announcing earlier this week that the launch would take place on Friday, CEO Jeff Bezos tweeted out on today that the company is aiming to launch on Sunday. A live webcast will show the event at BlueOrigin.com. Bezos said the test flight is scheduled for 10:15 AM ET, and the webcast will begin around 9:45AM ET.

Replacing leaking O-ring in capsule’s nitrogen gas pressurization system. Rescheduling flight to Sunday. #GradatimFerociter
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) June 16, 2016
This is the first time that Blue Origin has provided a live stream of one of its launches, suggesting that the company is trying to be more transparent with its projects. That’s smart, since Blue Origin has been criticized for its super secret reputation in the past. Up until recently, the company rarely gave interviews about its work, and the first few test flights of the New Shepard weren't publicized until after they had been completed. And even then, Blue Origin didn’t provide much information about the flights, apart from releasing highly stylized videos.

THE COMPANY IS TRYING TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH ITS PROJECTS

But recent events suggest the company is transitioning to a more open mindset. In March, Bezos invited a small group of journalists to the company’s headquarters in Kent, Washington for the first time. And the CEO announced the most recent test flight of the New Shepard in April, before it actually took place. He even live-tweeted the event, letting people know that the vehicle had launched and landed smoothly.

Transparency is going to be crucial for Blue Origin, since the company’s main goal revolves around sending tourists into space. That’s what these uncrewed test flights of the New Shepard are all about. The reusable vehicle is designed to launch a crew capsule up to 62 miles above the Earth’s surface, where six passengers will experience about four minutes of weightlessness. In the test flights, the crew capsule detaches from the rest of the New Shepard vehicle in space, and both fall back to Earth. The main rocket body is supposed to reignite its engines and land upright on solid ground, while the crew capsule deploys parachutes to lower itself down gently.

Blue Origin has successfully demonstrated this launch and landing technique with the same uncrewed New Shepard vehicle three times before. But for this next test, Blue Origin wants to know what happens when that landing sequence doesn’t go according to plan. On Sunday, two of the crew capsule’s parachutes will intentionally fail to deploy during the spacecraft’s descent. Bezos claims that the vehicle can handle the scenario just fine, and theoretically, any people on board would be safe. But for added protection, the crew capsule has some backup systems — such as retro-rockets and a "crushable structure" — to help keep passengers alive if an abnormal landing should occur.

Blue Origin plans to continue uncrewed test flights of New Shepard throughout the rest of the year. Bezos said that the vehicle will start carrying test pilots into space sometime in 2017, and paying customers could start riding as early as 2018.