Sky's no limit for Blue Origin. The highly popular spaceflight company belonging to the billionaire Jeff Bezos, an Amazon founder, was supposed to perform an in-flight escape test of the New Shepard suborbital space vehicle.
The New Shepard is, in fact, a reusable set of a rocket and a capsule. The test will require the capsule to fire the escape motor for two seconds at about 16,000 feet after launch, shooting hundreds of meters away from the rocket. The practical purpose of this critical test is to prove that, given the situation, a real-life emergency which may occur will be handled properly without causing any harm.
However, the test is going to be delayed due to the poor weather conditions. The flight is postponed until Wednesday, Oct. 5.
