Sunday had the latest flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard
New Shepard
This time they included performance data; which I make:
Ground to 23,000' / 60 secs = 23,000'/min climb rate
23,000' to 114,000' = 60 secs = 91,000'/min climb rate
114,000' to 283,000' / 60 secs = 169,000'/min climb rate
283,000' to 345'000' / 60 secs = 62,000'/min (slowing down!)
Also from t/o to max alt. then back down to 100,000' = 6 min 11 secs (parachutes system deploys between 3,000' - 2,000'
Okay, not totally military-related, but it seems an incredibly short time with what must be pretty dramatic forces on the body; no g-suits apparently or flight crew (not that I can see them being able to do much). Makes me wonder wouldn't they be greying-out and not really being able to take much in? does seem a hell of a lot to going on in a very small space of time?
Flug