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Advertisement While most spacecraft resemble, in part, male genitalia, New Shepard s wide mushroom-like capsule - and the skinny girth of the booster underneath - are the driving source of recent innuendo. Blue Origin declined Insider s request for comment. The capsule shape helps reduce drag on the rocket and keep passengers safe Blue Origin s New Shepard capsule parachuting back to Earth. Blue Origin According to Llanos, Blue Origin engineers tested more than 100 configurations for the capsule shape before settling on one that starts wide at the base and tapers - a bit like a muffin top. Advertisement Given that the capsule is the first thing to cut through the air as New Shepard ascends skyward (scientists call this forward-most part the nose cone), it s rounded to reduce drag, Llanos said.

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