This is just a vanity project for Bezos. Elons insufferable and a jeet simp, but at least he is autistically dedicated to his rocket space program more than his cars.
AFAIK, Blue Moon can only launch on New Glenn, so finding the root cause of this failure is on the critical path for that. It's maybe possible they could launch on Vulcan, but that rocket has its own problems (GEM-63XL nozzles).
You're probably right but also there's been no reason to actually try to fit the lander to any other rocket. Well, now there is. They need to fix this quickly.
I smell a smelly oriental sabotage. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that China launches a space mission and makes big claims about making it to the moon just days before this event.
I smell a smelly oriental sabotage. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that China launches a space mission and makes big claims about making it to the moon just days before this event.
Maybe I'm naive, but I've come to believe Bezos genuinely would like to see humanity living on O’Neill Cylinders.
I was annoyed by his shenanigans trying to patent landing rockets on boats, or trying to keep SpaceX out of 39A, or suing when NASA didn't pick Blue Origin for the first HLS contract. But at least in this interview, he seems like not a total turd;
Maybe I'm naive, but I've come to believe Bezos genuinely would like to see humanity living on O’Neill Cylinders.
I was annoyed by his shenanigans trying to patent landing rockets on boats, or trying to keep SpaceX out of 39A, or suing when NASA didn't pick Blue Origin for the first HLS contract. But at least in this interview, he seems like not a total turd;
"I have several verifiable actions contrary to the stated goal but he was able to act normal in one interview"
I'm not really an 'eat the rich' person but I think most billionaires are psychopaths and that you're being incredibly naive. IMO Blue Origin was part vanity project to compete with Elon and part attempt to collect cost-plus contracts after ULA imploded because congress wants two launch providers. He's probably mad at Elon for offering fixed price launches to the government because it makes taking cost-plus contracts look bad by comparison.
Yeah or it's all under the table handshake billionaire bullshit to establish a pretend competitor for the government tenders so everyone's actually smiling, we don't know. It must be real nice for the other non-milcom to be such a shitshow when everyone's such a fucking rocket expert all of a sudden.
All I know is read enough about shit blowing up on the pad historically and you'll start getting real suspicious every time it happens.
Bazos could of got Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau to ride shotgun. The explosion would of been worth it and done Canada a massive favor for importing Jeets.
I haven't followed Blue Origin much, but from what little I have seen they have had nothing but issues with their designs. At least when a SpaceX rocket explodes it's usually because they were trying to do something cool that went wrong.
I'm sure we'll know more in the morning, but the pad looks wrecked. F3UjAywZ8oqsFlvn.mp4
I bet Boeing is breathing a sigh of relief today at no longer being the biggest fuckup in recent memory.
I haven't followed Blue Origin much, but from what little I have seen they have had nothing but issues with their designs. At least when a SpaceX rocket explodes it's usually because they were trying to do something cool that went wrong.
Blue origin took the more conservative and conventional approach to developing their rocket, rather than the rapid explosive iteration path chosen by spacex. Their engines are already in use on Vulcan Centaur. There's a lot to be said for both methods, but the thing that has to be said loudest is that rocketry is hard.
Blue origin took the more conservative and conventional approach to developing their rocket, rather than the rapid explosive iteration path chosen by spacex. Their engines are already in use on Vulcan Centaur. There's a lot to be said for both methods, but the thing that has to be said loudest is that rocketry is hard.
Well at least they have a good engine design then plus this is their heavy lift solution, I can imagine the rocketry equations only get more unforgiving at those kinds of pressures.
Yeah I can't be too hard on them. I remember I used to put stupid little fins that don't do anything half way up when I first started playing kerbals too.
The roof of the flame trench collapsed too. This is going to require an entire gutting and rebuild before they fly again. They have an application to have a second pad to be built and it might take less time to start from scratch than to rebuild this.
plus this is their heavy lift solution, I can imagine the rocketry equations only get more unforgiving at those kinds of pressures.
