Two Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stages wrecked in factory mishaps! Will this delay NASA missions?
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Blue Orgin didn't admit to these mishaps, of course, but every organization has its leaks!
What impact will this have on NASA Artemis and HLS? Will we ever get transparency from Jeff Bezos?
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In the early days, Blue Origin issued a monthly newsletter e-mail, to which I subscribed. It was informative and worth reading. Then it stopped without explanation.
spies man spies
someone walked by and unplugged the windows 95 computer that sent those out.
*The fact that it stopped, should tell you more than enough.*
@radicalrick9587 lol and what did it tell us?
@@mervstash3692 My guess is that they simply stopped... but maybe it was due to a vast conspiracy!
Reminders that there are reasons why "rocket science" is used as a euphemism for hard and complicated stuff.
"space is hard" is such a cringe reddit phrase
@@kipkipper-lg9vl you know that was first said by Kennedy?
@@kipkipper-lg9vl I am harder and i am comming for you.
@@paranaenselol Kennedy only did the space program to gain some political good boy points, so what?
We've been going to space for a long time we should know how by now
Boeing and Blue Origin: the Laurel and Hardy of the Space industry.
More like Bonny and Clyde. They are crooks robbing us taxpayers blind.
More like the Bubbles and Ricky of the space world, from Trailer Park Boys
@ReiseLukas @Jasonfallen71 Or “The Gang that couldn’t launch (shoot) straight”
LOL, you got that right, bozo is a total dick, another WEF stooge
@@Jasonfallen71
Hey now! 😂
His lawyers are already working out who to sue.
Money talks !
SpaceX is obviously responsible because stuff
I'm just worried about how this affects the local environment.
They already teamed up with ULA to sue SpaceX to try to slow them down in the Cape. 😂
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I read the news articles. One was the upper stage dummy they were testing outside. It imploded. From cooling off inside. The other was a test article PURPOSELY destroyed during a stress test. The issue was it exploded and damaged the test stand. None of this was flight hardwareof.
What a failure of a company
My partner works at Blue and the cultural disconnect is astonishing. Completely out of touch directors insisting on impossible production timelines.
Couple that with no systemized processes for training, overworked talent and shutting down any questions about problems.
Knowing what I do, I fear for any humans riding these rockets.
sounds like boeing.
😂 At least there's will be human rated.
Wow. That's like the very definition of hearsay.
@@hawkdsl RUclips comments aren't a court of law, clown 🤡
That aligns with what AA said about the incident that was reportedly due to a worker's mistake. I read it last night too.
Public money should allow public scrutiny.
ABSOFREAKINGLUTELY!
Ukraine spending? $100B
@@dexlab7539or 2.5 twitters. Best bang for the buck that we have ever spent on the military by far.
isnt Blue Origin a private company???
All space companies get lots of tax money
-Looks at may's footage
"it doesn't look like they are ready to flight within 5 weeks"
Yeah, no shit...
There are many more rockets at the factory! Did you not see the staple of metall sheets?!?
😂😂😂@@MichaelWinter-ss6lx
Mishaps or no mishaps, they are going to send them up. Even if it ends up in spectacular fireworks, so be it. NASA is used to having fireworks already.
And what about the initial Starship failed launches? ;-) I know the answer from the usual trolls, we collected a lot of data
Explosions and fires hide a lot of corruption and there are never clear answers for the causes of them.
BO's cost structure isn't optimal for hardware-rich development. They chose very slow and expensive, traditional methods and materials for New Glenn - and as a result, they can ill-afford test failures. Their whole R&D program is very much "success-oriented" from day 1, which is why they're so late, and so sluggish. But, I suppose it's Jeff's money to burn - at least as long as he's around to burn it... Should anything unfortunate happen to Jeff, BO might suddenly find itself being sold for parts - like what happened to Stratolaunch after Paul Allen died.
@@marcfray757 BO isn't built on a "build it, fail and iterate" concept. It's built on the NASA standard of test, test, test, model, model, model, test, test, test, and retest, then built it, then test some more, then launch. Part of the difference can be seen in the construction factories. SpaceX is building starship out of relatively cheap materials, so blowing one or 3 up doesn't hurt their bottom line. BO is doing costly 3d printing, and carbon composites, this makes blowing up a rocket very expensive and time consuming.
the real problem with BO isn't that parts fail, it's that all their parts seem to fail, inconsistently. Their engines apparently blow themselves up at like a 7 per 8 engine built pace, and now we have parts of a rocket that's already built blowing up independently. this speaks of massive QC issues in BO systemically, their inability to accurately reproduce working parts is a major problem for everyone involved.
@@marcfray757Starship first launches weren't failures. Not by any means. You're the troll here. You're just too stupid to know it.
Hold the news. Apparently JB is putting together a quote to NASA to rescue the astronauts at the ISS using the readied New Glen. Should be sometime in 2028, and the company is preparing a CGI presentation to explain how it will come together.
Those astronauts will retire before BO can get up there to rescue them.
So, someone at NASA thought it was best to launch mission hardware to Mars on a never before flown booster. Genius!
How do you think all the other sh1t that's been sent to Mars got there?
Rockets have been a thing for 60 years mate. Not everyone needs to do this explode 10 of them first thing. Most companies aim for success 1st try.
"Dog ate my homework", "check is in the mail", "Factory mishap"....
*Blue Origin Oath: Do you promise to tell the lie and nothing, but the lie so helps you GOD, I do!*
What’s crazy is Martin Marietta (merged with Lockheed) and is part of ULA , used to build Titan rockets three at a time south of Denver. How many Titan II’s, III’s, IV’s failed? Yeah, I know, all those engineers and machinists have retired by now.
Now, its the PC-screen generation at work. The simulation works all right;•) next job....
They had at least 3 failures. And not all the engineers are retired.
@@MichaelWinter-ss6lx I used to walk through the factory regularly to check out tools from their tool crib.
@@sarahbennet7513 How many did they build? How many sat in silos with nukes on them that didn’t fail? So far Boeing is at what, 1 of 3 capsules that have failed?
Which of the Viking Landers failed? Which of the Voyagers failed?
When you have to get it right the first time, Boeing is not the company to depend on.
How many engineers that actually worked on the Titans, Voyagers, or Vikings are still working doing the same job?
Is it still "New" Glenn when it is four years overdue?
I always find it lame when manufacturers prefix their product names with "Advanced", "New", "Next", etc. because it's only a matter of a year or two until they're not.
Or, "New AND Improved"!
Well... if you compare this to SLS. New Glenn is right on schedule.
Blue Origin can't compete with SpaceX because it was never run like a viable business.
Bezos just injected a billion dollars a year into Blue Origin to keep his pet project moving forward.
He needs to inject a sense of urgency, firing all the upper management is a great first step.
Whatever became of "Old Glenn"???
@@Texas4xhe’s dead
I actually liked that Blue Origin named their systems after famous astronauts.
There is not much else to like in that company (I appreciate space trips on New Sheppard for some veterans of astronautics).
SpaceX has had similar issues their failures were fun to watch and seeing how they operate to correct these issues and get back on schedule is impressive. Blew Origin is very empty, secretive, vindictive about their monopoly on drone landing ships being stolen by SpaceX.
I don't think blue origin is serious about space. Jeff bezos needs to step up in gear or spacex will take the entire space market.
Too late!
Lol what market? There is like 5 billion dollars up for grabs each year. It's like being in competition to deliver supplies to Antartica.
For once, Angry really nailed it.
The Tim Dodd tour left me thinking: "Why is this place so empty? Why is everyone looking like they are on a coffee break? Where's the urgency? Why isn't this place crazy packed with rockets?"
It doesn't make sense how Bezos is so cavalier/laid back over the LETHARGY of this company.
no profit in hurrying ....
@@GPski yes in his economic schematic. Musk an actual industrialist, an actual entrepreneur
They were way more lethargic before he got personally involved.
You are exactly right. I was thinking the same thing. I watch the activity at Boca Chica and they have teams working 24/7. It’s an incredible sight to see 1,000s of people working so hard
Tim Dodd's footage was done in may, what urgency did you expect?
(granted, it's blue origin, so it still can be the same today, but...)
I'd hate to be the guy who screwed up an entire booster. Not sure I could get past that.
Apparently you don’t know modern aerospace very well!
@@NeroontheGoon how so?
@@stratolestele7611 The levels of incompetence and damages done to aerospace vehicles is absurd. I’ve been privy to numerous aviation incidents and you be like “WTF” if you ever found out what really goes on. Been doing all types of vehicles that fly for coming up on 40 years, and I’m here to tell you, it’s a shitshow out there!
NASA female astronaut let a $100,000 tool bag float away when she was distracted.
@@kb9gkc Female astronauts…. Because sandwiches don’t make themselves up there. 😁
Are they planning a test launch before Escapade? Or is just yeet the craft and hope for the best? They should have had a test already if this mission is due Oct. If they would have a mishap on a test launch, then months of investigation, mitigation, FAA filings, new launch license, etc.
I found it peculiar that the first flight for New Glenn is going for TMI while they have never even tried orbit here yet with any vehicle
The New Sheperd mishap in September 2022 set them back 14 months and the launch cadence was more than halved afterwards.
I don't know how they are going to have New Glenn launch this year and then have a good cadence.
At what point do we call out Blue Origin for trying to fake it until they make it?
Weird. They obviously have hardware they are putting together for the first rocket. How is that faking it.
@@hawkdsl All the Musk fanbois are wetting themselves when their cheerleaders (angry astronaut et al) diss Blue Origin. They pretend top not know that the usual way of making rockets is to spend many years on it, then the first article will actually work. Simping for Musk, amplifying hearsay, dissing other operators - it's f'ing pathetic by people who are supposedly aerospace enthusiasts (but in reality only Musk cult members).
Does not mean that it is ready.
@@hawkdslthey’ve accomplished nothing of note other than sending a few billionaires and youtubers up for minutes. They love to talk a big game, yet Bezos hasn’t delivered.
@@spartanracer Are they not about to fly a giant rocket? It's obvious from the tour they have big plans, and about to "deliver" alot. So why are you so negative? I don't get it. Fandom on my fandom man!
I looks like BO is more about playing with high tech toys and being proud of them than having a real long term objective.
It's supposed to be about moving heavy industry to space but Jeff Bezos seems fine for that to be next century.
So nasa is putting devices on a rocket that has NEVER flown before. Surprise, Surprise.
Year 2050: “Great news, New Glenn will launch in 2070 !!!”
BO moonlanding scheduled for 2099.
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I thought Starshit was supposed to be on Mars by 2020. What happened?
@@violety_indigo52 Reality hit Elon. His fanboys conveniently forget every time he makes a proclamation that he's going to land or do this and that on Mars. Starship was supposed to fly to orbit by 2019, be on Mars in 2020, put cargo on Mars by 2022, fly the first colonists to Mars in 2022, do suborbital passenger flights, fly Dear Moon in 2022-23, and land on the Moon by 2024.
And yet, here we are with it barely able to make a quasi-orbit and then has problems nearly burning up when its heat shield tiles fall off.
Meanwhile, as they look the other way for SpaceX, they attack everyone else they can.
Notice they and Angry quietly dropped the "Where's my engines, Jeff?" nonsense, especially now that Blue is delivering one set of engines after another?
That's why they're attacking New Glenn now, because they know they're going to have to face a real, working heavy lift, orbital rocket soon from Blue Origin that they were told over and over again would never fly.
The most amazing thing SpaceX has done is develop the production capabilities to build over 500 rocket engines a year.
I know SpaceX has a long list of TODOs for HLS ahead of it. But these notions that 1) HLS will be the singular thing that delays a moon landing and 2) Blue Origin will somehow be ready to step in while SpaceX fumbles, aren't rooted in reality. SpaceX-while having the most ambitious plans-still moves faster than anyone else in the industry. Blue Origin has yet to make it to orbit. Starliner isn't yet certified for human missions. Boeing just got slapped by the OIG for shoddy craftsmanship on SLS. Orion has a major, poorly understood heat shield flaw.
Plus the BO contract is for Artemis 5 & 6, whereas SpaceX is scheduled for Artemis 3 & 4. We are now waiting how long for Artemis2?
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Showing the landing legs looks like a failure on the right side.
How many orbits has Starship made?
@@jdmather57551 i think ?
@@jdmather5755 Flight 3 of Starship was shy of orbit while flight 4 was orbital for 40 min.
there factory does not look that busy..or have anything much in it..look at spacex and there factorys are filled with rockest made/being made/engines being stacked ready and lots of ther things going on ..along with towers made ..BO looks empty to be honest
BO has multiple factories bro
@@iamscoutstfu Which should all be very busy for the October 29th launch window.
@@Jogeta5 Not if theyve already produced whats needed for the launch
There’s a big difference between engineer and businessman in control of technological marvel of this kind. Still deserves a respect for the attempt.
I doubt Blue Origion will meet their deadlines. After watching Tim Dodd's tour with Jeff Bezos facility, it was very clear that Blue Origin work force spends a lot of time standing around. While at SpaceX, Elon's crew always looked busy working.
Exactly, the facility in Dodd’s tour looks like it’s barely used, lots of crates with equipment sitting around waiting to be unpacked. No way are they far enough along in assembly to be launching anything this year.
And realize that the Dodd interview was choreographed. Just imagine what it looks like when the cameras aren’t on.
@@qwerty112311 I purposely did not waste my time watching anything Bezos does. He is a child with an unlimited allowance who wants to be like Elon.
According to NASA,the launch date is the 29th October
@@codeforce5556 Good luck with that!
Bezos' photo looks exactly like a James Bond villain.
Daddy Warbucks
Lex Luthor
He needs a fluffy long haired white cat with a diamond collar, he should have had it in the Dodd interview
@@raydemos1181 💯 😆
Sounds suspicious to me. I guess this means that New Glenn won't launch until 2027 now.
As I've said for the last 18+ months, we are talking about SPACESHIPS here, and as we all know every ship needs an anchor. I believe Blue Origin is indeed just working on a nice anchor for SpaceX StarSHIP. It will be labeled New Glen.
There is much more pressure on them. The real catastrophe comes for their _Kuiper_ project. Over half the time is up, and they've got two test satellites launched;•) with SpaceX. They need several thousands, to validate the licence, and the other two rockets are ridiculously expensiv.
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I’m just glad that there were no injuries. I don’t want anyone to pass away for these types of people(billionaires)…
I just don't get it. Why the heck would NASA waste money on a flight with no history? With this logic, they should have put interplanetary satellites on the first flight of Starship.
Campaign contributions and politics
it will be sooo cooool to see a different company land a booster on a barge that isn't spaceX. We need this milestone to happen so all the other rocket companies see it can be done by others, and speed the others up!
Another thing. The door couldn't have been blown off of 2CAT. That would've been hugely noticeable and people nearby at the KSC Visitor's Center would've heard that and seen any smoke or water, etc. What it looks like is that the doors have been removed.
the door had "rapid unexpected opening"
Thanks, Angry. There are two methodologies I've witnessed to build prototypes; mission focused or business focused. BO is a business focused outfit. They assume 'productivity' is enough get paid even if a rocket is never delivered. Look at the difference with this versus Steve Jobs company, Apple. Jobs would never accept being years behind schedule.
The ESCAPADE spacecraft are part of the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) program and are D-class rated. They're lower priority and the program is built around taking higher risk, including flying on unproven rockets in order to keep costs down. The mission already has been delayed and even restructured because it was originally supposed to fly as a rideshare on the Psyche mission, but the delays with that forced them off and now they're on New Glenn.
NASA: OK guys its time to fly to space!
Besos: oops, what?
Boeing: oops, what?
NASA: oops, what!
You forgot SpaceX: OK.
The crumple problem sounds like a pressure test mishap. The rocket passed the pressure test, then the depressurization was allowed to go too low to keep the "ball" inflated. This has always been a problem with rockets and missiles. The skin of the vehicle depends on maintaining hoop tension for structural integrity. This means its like a basketball, not enough air and it goes flat. The pressure could be provided by any gas, nitrogen comes to mind. You don't want to use pressurized air in a fuel tank. Helium is both inert and light weight but expensive and in short supply. j
I fast forwarded through Tim’s tour when they got to the blurred out section. Typical! Why bother touring that area at all? The SpaceX tour on the other hand showed things I was surprised were made available to see.
Who cares?
Full transparency like spaceX is not a good thing either. Ever wondered why most of the Chinese new generation of rockets are starting to look more like Falcon 9 or Starship? And why none of their rocket designs look like New Glenn or Vulcan centaur.
Sometimes it's good to keep certain things secret just like the 6th Gen stealth fighter program.
@@marimuthu14 No, I never wondered that. How a rocket looks hasn’t changed much since the early days. The secret sauce is in the computer code. You still need to engineer all the intricacies. That’s the hard part.
Because it showed the inside of a rockets more complicated parts.. likely someone from the government said NO
The _TopSecret_ inside of a rocket still looks the same as the German V2. Either you know what is inside the closed boxes and spheres, or you could not make any thing of a better picture.
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The clip of the lander base section testing its landing feet deployment is awful😅
BO's design relies on a 'gravity assist' for landing leg deployment: the rapidly decelerating rocket will help the legs drop down quickly, once released. They can't really test that on a test stand, which is why the deployment looks so slow and janky.
. They could do a short drop at moment prior to deployment to test that.
Yeah I saw the whole thing flop like it was made out of old banana peels assembled by a 5 year old kid when it reached full extension. I can almost guarantee that its going to be a hilarious failure the first time they try to land one.
The SLS booster alone costs more than star ship. SLS is a sad story when it comes to comparable cost figures. NASA just needs to throw full support into SS, and use SLS for its contract purpose, then end it.
When the Coyote strapped a rocket to his back, he was on par with Boeing and Blue Origin.
Coyote never ran out of funding to buy more acme devices too.
Well angry, looks like you're the first on RUclips to talk about this
"Journalists imagine things without details"........
Unless you make 800 UFO videos each year. Then imagining without detail is perfectly fine.
Hiring new executives always helps projects meet deadlines, right?
Inspires confidence in all the workers denied the chance of promotion in favor of someone who knows nothing about Blue Origin and who made unrealistic promises to get the job. Eventually these big talkers get their just reward, but before they go, the great workers who were denied the opportunity are eliminated by the predator. That leaves the company a hollow, burned out shell. Will we ever learn from this? No, after the bloodbath the job will be given to another big talking shyster from outside. Works every time!
Blue origin trying to stake up their value by accepting factory tour but really no flying rockets is going to come out so they show rocket damage to get more time when in fact they have no really tech in the shelf!
Gotta love a CEO hired whose name is LIMP. I call that poetic justice.Annd bO has never flown a real rocket to orbit or delivered any payload to orbit. EVER.
Why would Rocket Lab be promoting the launch of their payload on a BO rocket that hasn't even been test launched?
New drinking game: every time angry says 'again'
8:20 - 9:20
Anybody know what the two guys are doing sitting on the factory floor (picture starting at 4:08)? Taking a break and checking their phones? Or assembling something because no workstation available? What's funnier is that Angry is quoting an article about factory mishaps due to worker errors right at this time.
Space is hard. You ought to know that by now, Jeff. And maybe pay attention to what is going on, because....
Space is hard, Jeff.
Zero chance there will be a succesful launch in October of New Glenn.
Who says that the 1st flight will be successful and not blow up cause this is still a prototype right
Blue Origin the leader in Vaporware takes steps to make sure they continue to lead in CGI rocketry.
That's what Blue Origin needs - more executives!
Stress test vehicle might have been a test to failure.
Weak cope.
@@leonardbakers SpaceX does stress to failures all the time kinda what a stress test article is for.
@BrianBull yes and SpaceX lets everyone know about the test.
Yeah, BO would have already said so if it were a test to failure.
@@orion_13 I am sure the appropriate people knew there was a test happening lol.
I just don't particularly care for the name "New Glenn". I really appreciate "John Glenn" and feel he deserves a better legacy.
Unless im confused and neither has anything to do with the other.
It's a FACT Blue Origin does NOT have what SpaceX has. Nor will it ever !
Funny that people talk about Elon Time but not Jeff Time.
Hope Blue O gets their act together. Meanwhile, Amazon deliveries are becoming less dependable. .... Hope there's no connection, because that would be a management issue.
I have never taken Blue Origin seriously. After all this time, they have yet to even make it to orbit.
He'll, at this stage I'd be happy to see the assembled rocket hot-fired.
In order to send two probes to Mars, Blue Origin has to orbit something. So far, they haven't orbited a feather. Why do we have any confidence they can do so? NASA needs to grow a lot of skepticism directed at Blue Origin's lack of achievement. There should be no contracts for Lunar, orbital or Mars missions until Blue Origin at least orbits something as heavy as a hamster.
Makes absolute sense!! I honestly don’t understand awarding contracts for untried equipment.
If you actually paid attention to the ESCAPADE mission, it's a D-class mission as part of the VADR program. That means it's a low-cost, take high risks, including even flying on unproven launchers. It's already been heavily delayed several years because of this. They got kicked off the Psyche mission as a rideshare, and so they wound up here.
@@momofmanda That's how SpaceX got funded by NASA, even when they blowing up Falcon 1s back in the day. They almost went bankrupt until NASA awarded the CRS-1 contract to them.
Is it any coincidence that he had the every Day astronaut there, and made an announcement that new glen is ready, then this happens? Maybe it was never really ready?
TY. A fair assessment... To see where BO are with their lander will be interesting to say the leash. With a proposed 'dummy' cargo lander mission slated for '25/'26 and a crewed lander possibly available for '27 (at least in 'dummy' form)...
Their relief valves probably failed because humid air dropping in pressure as it passed through the valve cooled it and formed ice
Sir Peter Beck said the satellites 🛰 need to have a bunch of propulsion to get into orbit around mars
I’m sure we will only find out when that rocket fails with astronauts on board.
RocketLab delivered its satellites so fulfilled their contract. If Blue Origin can't deliver them, at least RocketLab gets paid/got paid.
Does the FAA not ask for disclosure and explanation of mishaps related to rockets ("flying") and the SLS program?
If it was Spacex, they would already be screaming...
Isn't this a huge risk of damaging the environment?
Everytime i see a video of the BO facility i rarely see anything ! I did see china shipping containers arriving at the port delivering outsourced made in china parts !
Turns out, rocket sciencing be hard...
Supposedly somebodys cameraman left a banana peel on the factory floor.
4 years != tight dead line but 4 years = dead
How did blue origin get a Nasa contract without ever getting a rocket into orbit? SpaceX had to prove it could get Falcon 1 into orbit before it got its first big Nasa contract, Falcon 9 was the same deal.
I suspect it will be similar to Boeings ?Starliner?. Secretive organizations/corporations bother me.
Thank you for this update!
Fun fact,
Blue Origin was founded before SpaceX.
Fun fact: SpaceX got a bunch on money dumped on them by NASA that saved their bacon!
The tour of blue with tim was recorded a few month’s ago.. before the second tour of space x…
I think they wil be ready for the mars launch window this year…
How will they be ready? See the problems and redesign that's gone toward Starship's goals? Blue Origin will encounter those same difficulties and it will take the same time. New Glenn will be very fortunate if they're ready to launch a hamster to orbit in two years.
AA, I heard Sierra may buy ULA. ... The plot thickens! :P
Why is everyone acting like this is completely bad news? If they're damaging flight rockets it means they're finally building them which is more than can be said for the company's existence. This actually makes them worth taking more seriously.
Ummm... No. Critical ops need to be serious or people die. This shows a lack of procedures. I like fast, but critical moves need the checklists.
Great reporting! Thank you.
I wonder if this took place before or after Tim Dodds interview and tour?
"Give us more money $$$$$ and time, and we'll eventually launch a rocket to orbit."
Blue Origin.
What am I missing? Shouldn’t New Glenn do an orbital test before launching on a maiden voyage with a satellite attached?
The Satellite is low priority. If it blows up, NASA isn't to bothered. They do those types of contracts to help fund rockets. Falcon 1 had a similar payload in its first launch and they get to keep the money because the satellite wasn't really the point in the contract.
I guess Jeff could launch one of his new Rivian delivery vans like Elon did his personal Tesla roadster on the first Falcon Heavy.
"This year" does not sound like "in one month" to me. It's in pieces, nothing's been integrated, nothing's been tested. BO doesn't go fast. In fact, I'd bet that these recent incidents are in part BECAUSE BO is trying to go fast to make deadline. If they said 2Q25, I might believe that... time will tell.
I agree with you wholeheartedly.
That New Glenn won't make the date, they are going to lose the contract as should Boeing. Both companies have huge problems.
Why wouldn't B.O. reveal what actually happened instead of all this speculation ?
Why? Perhaps it is worse than it looks? Or why else?
801st like! It is probably best Blue is not in talks to take over ULA. Blue may have learned a few things but they would have disrupted ULA production.
How does that 1st stage slow down without any grid fins?? Yes it has directional fins, but these wont act as any air brake and it looks like it will just rely on the engine burn to slow it down... cant see that working too well mr Bezos......
Bezos tie knot was half the size of his head. Look at the picture again. It was huge!
Besides Blue Origin taking a couple of people on a sub-orbital amusement ride, what else have they done? Nothing else I know of. How's Blue Origin able to continue to operate? Where's the cash coming from?
They haven't done much of anything and the New Glen is 10x more complex than Starship is. Just look at the landing gear. It's taking them way too long to launching these rockets when there are still going to be failures before something is successful. Bozo is going to find a way to screw up this company. 4 years behind schedule with ZERO launches. By the time this thing flies, it's going to be outdated.
None of this is surprising. A gigantic rocket on its first flight shouldn't be expected to succeed.
I hope they investigate for corporate espionage. The world is crazy right now and adversaries would like to see the united states set back like this.
Hold on, what is this fire got to do with a New Glen factory "mishap" ?
*Look, to Blue Origin, lives are as sacred as toilet paper after you've wiped your butt.* *Greed above all else.*
I stopped watching Tim's walkaround with JB when he turned to camera to explain how his toy rocket needed a pointy end down for re-entry. What a load of infantile codswallop.
If you’ve never watched EA’s early days Tim used to have an old spacesuit and wear it around when doing episodes.
That was his gimmick and shtick, he gradually grew his channel using very easy to understand presentations and subject matter.
The turning point came when he landed an interview with Musk at the initial Starship unveiling, he was like a star-struck teenager, after that his output dropped and his episodes became more focused on ‘celebrity’ interviews and tours with various space companies.
He never asks hard or even slightly controversial questions always putting the subject in a glowing light to get a return invite. He stopped reporting regularly on Space news and industry events and rarely does on-site commentary any longer with the exception of Starship launches.
I unsubbed from him long ago as he doesn’t put out any useful information.
@@glenyoung1809 Well.... It worked. It's gotten him several interviews with Elon, a seat on the now dead Dear Moon project, and now an interview with Bezos. Not too bad getting personal time with the two richest people on the planet.