BLUE ORGIN – NEW SHEPARD | Escape crew command module flight testing – escaping that Anomaly- Job well done.. !

On 5th or 6th October 2016 on a very clear dry blue weather skies “Blue Origin” has flight tested it escape module, in escaping that anomaly.. On West Texas Launch test site, as Arian Cornell and Phil Hahn provides the narratives on this morning on fifth flight on the New Shepard on the reusable booster, also this is the sixth flight on the Reusable New Shepherd command module…

The way how the New Shepard Command Module escape works when detected an Anomaly or sorts, in this test flight they expected to lose the booster in which the separation of the Command module has separated successfully in which the New Shepard Command module landed with braking chute then the primary chute to bake the fall also the retro rockets system kick in to cushion the impact safety  also retrospect , apparent the booster has landed back on surface with it landing gears bracing for landing..

Like Mercury, Apollo, and Soyuz, New Shepard has an escape system that can quickly propel the crew capsule to safety if a problem is detected with the booster. Our escape system, however, pushes rather than pulls and is mounted underneath the capsule rather than on a tower. The escape motor vectors thrust to steer the capsule to the side, out of the booster’s path. The capsule then coasts, stabilized by reaction control thrusters, until it starts descending. Its three drogue parachutes deploy near the top of its flight path, followed shortly thereafter by main parachutes. On a nominal mission, the escape motor is not expended and can be flown again and again.

As safety of the crew also the payload is critical to any mission that regards in launching into space during the transition from launch pad into orbit… from that transition returning back to earth as well…… The “ Blue Origin-New Shepard” has for the escape system it’s very close similar to the previous configurations like of Mercury, Apollo, Soyuz and Gemini all have an escape tower carrier module to jettison among with the command module immediately away when there’s an anomaly detected that threatens the crew.. in with its tradition design..  As innovative as New Shepard that system is built constructed housed within centrally the below of mounted underneath…. As the Reusable Command Module detects an anomaly the explosive clamps is release that’s holding the Command module together from the main stage then it’s rockets out on path control by reaction control thrusters to a safety descending then deploying multiple of parachutes to slow down the level of acceleration of descending location with the reusable escape rocket engine ….

Orbital sky diving Aero braking – a new ultra extreme sport?

If you love extreme sports, this is one that’s the one up, to ultra extreme sports in comparison of too red bull air race and walking the entire lenght Great Wall of China solo.

One of the ultra extreme sports that I could see and trend in the later mid 21st century is Aero Braking. Where you suit up in a protective shield EVA | Extra-vehicular activity suit and make thrill seeking sport of descening of  an orbital plaform .

The idea is to Aero Brake on descent in above the Earth’s atmosphere. Where you jump of an orbital satillite and orbiting around earth and descening on to a target on Earth. To give you a bit of thrust a detactable back pack  

 One thing there are numerous techincial challenges along the way. The modify  EVA suit, there’s need to be a durable armoured shield suiting to bare the stresses of re-entry. Life support systems within the suit needs to be modify, to the conditions of re entry to protect the critical systems. . 

Another thing the delivery system of re entry, is the asspect of landing, the parachute would required in need of a much heaviver, durable weights  to slow down the descening person and also the added weight that’s added to the suit itself.

There’s being various examples where this sub Orbital Skydiving is used in the days before Astronuants, Aquanuants take the orbital plunge in testing out suiting equiment to survive in space from a weather balloon, and jumping out to test the required systems.

In Films there’s been of recent, Star Trek the reboot, where Kirk, Sulu, and the other guy whom ended up being his own fatality, orbital skydive to disable and neturalised the Nero’s drilling platform that was drilling into the planet Vulcan, Spock’s homeworld.   Another  reference is when Captain James T Kirk Orbital Skydive just before when he visited the retrofitted Excelsior class modify Enterprise-B, on Star Trek Generations the movie novel.

One application where this may arise is when there’s an emergency situation of say a low earth orbit vechicle that needed evcuation of Command module, if given an extremely harden jump modify EVA suit from the space station itself where if the escape assets are full used up, and there’s another way of escaping back to Earth.

As seen here on the Star Trek eleven movie 2009- between time lapse 1:15 to 1:25 minutes.

For more about it’s technical side- orbital skydiving