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Jeff Bezos’ Spaceship Plans Revealed

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Wed, 07/05/2006 - 9:12pm

Space.com provides a rundown for Jeff Bezos' New Shepherd Reuseable Launch System, a vertical launch and landing vehicle similar to the Delta Clipper design from the mid-1990s. The ship would fly from a private spaceport in Texas, and be fueled by a mixture of highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide and kerosine.

The ultimate goal is to fly paying tourists on suborbital flights. No hardware exists yet, but its always cool to hear about new space tourism possibilities.