It's been a big, big day for Blue Origin. arstechnica.com/space/2024/1... - ThreadSky

sciguyspace.bsky.social • 62 days ago

It's been a big, big day for Blue Origin.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/blue-origin-hot-fires-new-glenn-rocket-setting-up-a-launch-early-next-year/

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bluedotfrombfe.bsky.social•62 days ago

Can we expect Neuton in 2025? I’d like to see a number of competitors challenge SpaceX for dominance.

supernovalabs.co.uk•61 days ago

At this rate they'll be in orbit just in time to catch the first Martian football game.

fuelandox.bsky.social•62 days ago

Exciting to see blue making progress. A first launch after only a short duration hot fire feels a little sporty, but we did the same with new Shepard back in the day, and they’ve had plenty of time to address risks with off vehicle testing and analysis. I’ll be super excited to see the launch.

rocketplane.bsky.social•42 days ago

New Glenn joins Saturn V, Shuttle, and SLS in the group of superrockets to achieve orbit with the first launch.

truegradient.bsky.social•62 days ago

Great to see that BO is finally becoming a challenger to SpaceX. We need competition.
NG might surpass F9 in cost per kg. Even with Starship coming online, that's a paradigm shift for the past 5-7 years of launch services.

rocketplane.bsky.social•61 days ago

Starship is not remotely close to "coming online." And less expensive launch services don't mean less expensive payloads.

cheradanine.bsky.social•62 days ago

It's far, far, FAR, too early to declare anything like that. SpaceX has two proven lift vehicles including a true superheavy class with the FH. Starship/SH has already done way more than BO.
BO is older than SX and has still yet to attempt an orbital launch.

rocketplane.bsky.social•61 days ago

Starship hasn't done jackshit in terms of demonstrating it's going to be a viable launch system anytime soon. The only American LOX/methane engines to go into orbit are the BE-4.

cheradanine.bsky.social•61 days ago

Well, it's left the ground. Which is a lot more than NG has done to date.

danw-rosala.bsky.social•61 days ago

Falcon/Falcon Heavy is a roaring success and has revolutionized space transportation.
New Glenn can still beat Starship to orbit though.😀

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