The space society, Blue Origin of the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, will take the first woman to the moon, said the boss ofAmazon. « This is the engine that will take the first woman to the surface of the moon “, said Bezos in a post on Instagram with a video of an engine test BE-7 this week at Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center à Huntsville, at Alabama. The BE-7, « a high performance liquid hydrogen / liquid oxygen lunar landing engine Can we read on the video which accompanied the post of the billionaire.
So far, twelve men have walked on the moon, all Americans, but no women. The Nasa aims to change that. The administrator of the NASA, Jim Bridenstine said last year that the first woman to land on the moon would be from the current body of astronauts. ” In the 1960s, young women did not have the opportunity to see themselves in this role “, said Bridenstine. « Today they are doing it, and I think it’s a very exciting opportunity, ” he added.
1,245 seconds firing test time
Engine Blue Origin, in development for years, totaled 1,245 seconds of firing test time. It is intended to power the lunar lander of the company’s national team human landing system. Blue Origin is the project manager of a ” National team »Gathered in 2019 to help build its lander Blue Moon. The team includes Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper.
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