Shocking! After a solar storm destroyed Elon Musk’s satellite, Jeff Bezos now CHALLENGES space weather
Jeff Bezos leads Blue Origin which will launch a manned spacecraft on the day a solar storm will make landfall on Earth, NASA data shows. Notably, Elon Musk lost 40 satellites to a solar storm.
Nothing is as brief as a shocking confrontation between a dangerous solar storm and Jeff Bezos, with everyone’s lives at stake! Blue Origin, the aerospace manufacturer and suborbital services company led by Jeff Bezos, will make its fourth crewed flight on Thursday, March 31. Before that, the launch. was scheduled for March 29, but due to high winds and ground weather conditions, the launch was postponed to Thursday. But with this move, amazingly, Bezos has decided to really challenge space weather as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted that a G2-class solar storm will fall. entered Earth on the same day. It remains to be seen whether that decision is correct when, last month, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk lost 40 of his satellites to a similar solar storm. Data from NASA shows that the solar storm that is about to make landfall on Earth on March 31 is a Category G2 solar storm, which is not the strongest geomagnetic storm available, but could still cause some damage. damages. The New Shepherd ship is a manned mission and will carry six passengers on board.
Jeff Bezos ‘Blue Origin defies solar storm’
On Monday, Blue Origin announced that it had delayed the launch of the spacecraft. It posted on Twitter, “#NS20 is currently scheduled to launch on Thursday, March 31. Mission Operation #NewShepard has successfully completed its Flight Readiness Assessment and weather is the only element left. again to restart”. While the company decided to postpone the flight because of weather disturbances, it seems all is ready to battle space weather.
It is feared that if the Blue Origin spacecraft were directly exposed to radiation from the geomagnetic storm, it could affect the spacecraft’s navigation systems.
NOAA has confirmed that G2-class geomagnetic storms like the one expected on Thursday could pose “an increased biological risk to astronauts or passengers and crew on flights.” fly at high latitudes, high altitudes”.
Elon Musk remains a testament to how terrifying these solar storm events can be. In early February, SpaceX launched 49 star-linked satellites into lower Earth orbit. But a day after its deployment, a geomagnetic storm destroyed 40 satellites and they burned up and fell on the Earth’s surface. With the mission more important to the people on the plane, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has all the more reason to ensure the safety of his flight. It remains to be seen whether the geomagnetic storm will affect the flight.
