Blastoff! Blue Origin launches crypto billionaire and 5 others to suborbital space, nails landing [11:35]

YouTube ^ | August 3, 2025 | VideoFromSpace

[SunkenCiv]

A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launched the NS-34 crew from West Texas on Aug. 3, 2025. The crew included: Crypto billionaire Justin Sun, Arvinder (Arvi) Singh Bahal, a real estate investor and adventurer; Turkish businessman Gökhan Erdem; Deborah Martorell, a journalist and meteorologist; Englishman Lionel Pitchford, who has run an orphanage in Nepal for three decades; and American entrepreneur James (J.D.) Russell. 

Blastoff! Blue Origin launches crypto billionaire and 5 others to suborbital space, nails landing | 11:35 
VideoFromSpace | 2.02M subscribers | 4,440 views | August 3, 2025

[SunkenCiv]

• New Shepard Launch Frequency [Brave results]

[SunkenCiv]

Long before the International Space Station, Wernher von Braun imagined something bolder: a massive, rotating space habitat that used motion to simulate gravity -- a wheel in the sky. In this episode, we explore the origins and design of the Von Braun Wheel, its cultural legacy, and how this mid-20th-century vision still shapes the dreams of space settlement today.

We'll trace its journey from Cold War concept to science fiction icon, revisit its influence on shows like 2001: A Space Odyssey, and examine the very real possibility of building such a station with today's technology. We'll also reflect on von Braun's enduring impact -- culminating in the National Space Society's von Braun Award, presented this year to Jared Isaacman and the Polaris Dawn team.

From dreams to docking hubs, from Disney collaborations to modern-day launch systems, the Von Braun Wheel remains a symbol of humanity's path to the stars. Join us as we honor its legacy -- and explore how we might finally bring it to life.

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[ProtectOurFreedom]

Suborbital launches. Yawn.

[SunkenCiv]

They’d be more amusing if they had a big spring on the bottom so that it bounce for a while after returning to the surface.

[jerod]

This dildo shaped ship only goes to space for a minute or two... Is that really worth...?

[C210N]

Look forward to video of these “astronauts” departing the capsule, where we can see how it made it back thru the upper atmosphere.

I’ll note that pre-launch, the capsule looked pre-stressed without prior cleaning or new paint. Kinda like how kids buy jeans pre-stressed with holes, rips and shreds.

[cgbg]

Blue Origin should have painted the rocket green to honor the WNBA.

[cgbg]

Yup—good to see you noticed the pattern.

These days the upper atmosphere dry cleans everything that passes through it.

Lol.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

Suborbital launches. Yawn.

Which further explains the farce of the Apollo missions. The moon is 238,900 miles away, yet no human has travelled more than 870 miles above the earth's surface in the past 53 years, despite SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY IN EVERYTHING.

[armourenthusiast]

Should I complain about all the pollution they caused?

[Secret Agent Man]

So, another Katy Perry trip. They already did this.

[mikey_hates_everything]

The crew included:

Sounding like the OceanGate Titan submersible in reverse. Just a matter of time before that toy kills the riders.

[PGalt]

Amazing. Thanks for posting.

[FKASomeoneElse]

They’re only doing what pop-stars have already done. 😄

[TonyM]

Another dildo ride into not outer space…WOW! Will there be a ticker tape parade for them?

[SunkenCiv]

One of these is going to land on the court during an WNBA game...

[SunkenCiv]

This may be of interest, from May:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4323866/posts?page=58#58

[PIF]

no human has travelled more than 870 miles above the earth's surface in the past 53 years, despite SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY IN EVERYTHING NO POLITICAL WILL TO DO SO.

[telescope115]

It’s another Billionaire Blastoff ……

[SunkenCiv]

They like to have a blast before they take off.