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29 May

NASA’s Moon Problem: The Real Cost of Betting on Blue Origin

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NASA's Moon Problem: What the New Glenn Explosion Really Exposes A rocket exploding on the pad is bad. A rocket exploding on the pad when two of the most consequential space programs of the next decade are counting on it is a different category of problem entirely. per TechCrunch, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during testing at Launch Complex 36 in Florida — a dramatic hardware failure that lands at arguably the worst possible moment for Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company. NASA's lunar ambitions under Artemis are already running behind, and Amazon's Kuiper constellation is staring down SpaceX's Starlink with…

17 Nov

Blue Origin reusable rocket successfully lands for the first time

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The first stage of the New Glenn rocket built by Blue Origin landed vertically on a ship at sea after carrying two NASA spacecraft into space. The New Glenn rocket lifted off from the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, at 3:45 p.m. on November 13, carrying two NASA Mars spacecraft and a technology test device for satellite communications company Viasat. About three minutes later, the main engine shut down and the rocket began to separate as planned. After separation, the second rocket stage continued to carry the pair of NASA spacecraft into space, while the first…