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Blue Origin's New Shepard suffers anomaly during launch, capsule lands safely (space.com)
5 points by msis 1372 days ago
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I wonder how many G's the capsule pulled during this maneuver. It should have been pulling about 3 G's just prior. As I understand it, launch abort survivability is the main driver of the physical fitness requirements for these passenger flights.

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