Orbital Reef and commercial low Earth orbit destinations—upcoming space research opportunities by Luis Zea, Liz Warren, Tara Ruttley, Todd Mosher, Laura Kelsey, Erika Wagner

“…Additionally, it will enable nascent markets to establish their operations in space, by initiating new lines of research and technology development and the implementation of new ventures and visions. Using Blue Origin’s New Glenn heavy launch system, Sierra Space’s cargo and crew Dream Chaser® vehicles, and Boeing’s Starliner crew vehicle, and expertise from Amazon/Amazon Supply Chain, Arizona State University, Genesis Engineering, and Redwire, Orbital Reef is being designed to address ISS-era transportation logistics challenges. …”
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The billionaire space race: Internet memes and the netizen response to space tourism by Joshua D. Bernstein

“…A content analysis was performed on 260 memes collected in response to the first tourist-focused suborbital spaceflight of Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin. While findings indicate a variety of perspectives toward both historic moments for the new commercial space industry, the overall sentiment was negative. …”
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Internet of Spacecraft for Multi-Planetary Defense and Prosperity by Yiming Huo

“…Several privately funded aerospace manufacturers, such as Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) and Blue Origin have transformed what we used to know about this capital-intense industry and gradually reshaped the future of human civilization. …”
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VTVL concept optimisation of the landing gear by Camelia Elena MUNTEANU, Alexandru-Mihai CISMILIANU, Daniela BARAN

“…Vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) is a subject of international interest at the moment thanks to the successful recovery of the Blue Origin vehicle. Aggressive weight targets with a short development time in the aerospace and space industry clearly need an integration of advanced computer aided structural optimization methods. …”
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How Complexity Drives Long Lead Times: A Queueing Theory Space Industry Application by Murga, Blanca

“…The research for this thesis was conducted at a manufacturing site at Blue Origin, a privately held space company, that operates as a job shop. …”
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The Application of International Human Rights Instruments in Outer Space Settlements: Today's Science Fiction, Tomorrow's Reality by Anél Ferreira-Snyman, Gerrit M Ferreira

“…Simultaneously, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and private enterprises such as Blue Origin and SpaceX declared plans to colonise the Moon and/or Mars in the near future. …”
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Dynamic Characterization, Flow Modeling, and Hierarchical Control of an Energy-Harvesting Underwater Kite in Realistic Ocean Conditions by James Christopher Reed, Michael Muglia, Mitchell Cobb, Chris Vermillion

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USING OF ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANUFACTURING OF THRUST CHAMBERS OF ROCKET ENGINES by Михаил Витальевич Андриевский, Юрий Алексеевич Митиков, Сергей Викторович Аджамский, Дмитрий Анатольевич Шамровский

“…Moreover, private companies such as Space X, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab and FireFly interfere into competitive straggling. …”
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Reusable Spaceflight Launch Systems / by Rojas, Renato, author 648081

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Visual Terrain Relative Navigation: Pose Estimation, Neural Fields, and Verification by Maggio, Dominic

“…Additionally, we evaluate performance on data we collected by mounting two cameras inside the capsule of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket on payload flight NS-23, traveling at speeds up to 880 km/h, and demonstrate less than 55 meters of average position error. …”
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Regolith behavior under asteroid-level gravity conditions: low-velocity impact experiments by Julie Brisset, Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, Sumayya Abukhalil, Christopher Cox, Nadia Mohammed

“…It flew on the Space Shuttle in 1998 and 2001 and more recently on the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket, recording impacts into simulated regolith at speeds between 1 and 120 cm/s.Results of these experimental campaigns found that there is a significant change in the regolith behavior with the gravity environment. …”
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Fundamental Study of Premixed Methane Air Combustion in Extreme Turbulent Conditions Using PIV and C-X CH PLIF by Md. Amzad Hossain, Md Nawshad Arslan Islam, Martin De La Torre, Arturo Acosta Zamora, Ahsan Choudhuri

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Connected Antenna Arrays With Beamsteering Capability for On-Package Millimetre-Wave Applications by Md Rasheduzzaman Al-Amin, Reza Shamsaee Malfajani, Elham Baladi, Mohammad S. Sharawi

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Human Health during Space Travel: State-of-the-Art Review by Chayakrit Krittanawong, Nitin Kumar Singh, Richard A. Scheuring, Emmanuel Urquieta, Eric M. Bershad, Timothy R. Macaulay, Scott Kaplin, Carly Dunn, Stephen F. Kry, Thais Russomano, Marc Shepanek, Raymond P. Stowe, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Timothy J. Broderick, Jean D. Sibonga, Andrew G. Lee, Brian E. Crucian

“…Both the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and several commercial space companies (e.g., Blue Origin, SpaceX, Virgin Galactic) have already started the process of preparing for long-distance, long-duration space exploration and currently plan to explore inner solar planets (e.g., Mars) by the 2030s. …”
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Experimental Validation of Cryobot Thermal Models for the Exploration of Ocean Worlds by Paula do Vale Pereira, Michael J. Durka, Bartholomew P. Hogan, Kristof Richmond, Miles W. E. Smith, Dale P. Winebrenner, W. Timothy Elam, Benjamin J. Hockman, Alberto Lopez, Neal Tanner, Joshua Moor, James Ralston, Miriam Alexander, Wayne Zimmerman, Nolan Flannery, William Kuhl, Sarah Wielgosz, Kerri L. Cahoy, Thomas A. Cwik, William C. Stone

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