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    I posted on their New Shepard ship last week, which appears to be a copy of NASA's DC-X;

    Bezos Blastoff: Look Out Above!

    Posted on November 10, 2006 @ 10:45:48 EST
    Author Leonard David

    The FAA has issued a notice to aircraft to stay away from a stretch of remote area near Van Horn, Texas - the spaceport property of the Blue Origin group - the rocket enterprise backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com fame and fortune.

    The notification runs from November 10th into November 13th and between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. The no-fly-over zone stretches in radius 5 miles and up to and including 10,000 feet altitude.

    Blue Origin is focusing on a vertical takeoff and landing rocket to support personal space travel. For detailed information on what they have publicly stated,
    Dr. Mordrid
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