For the first time, Blue Origin has ignited an orbital rocket stage
For the first time, Blue Origin has ignited an orbital rocket stage
Monday's test checked an important box for Blue Origin.
Jeff Bezos on the cusp of achieving 1950s Soviet Union levels of technology.
Hey, it's more like a big Vulcan with little legs.
His engines have already powered a new launch vehicle to orbit.
That also makes the BE-4 the first US methane fueled engine to achieve orbit, and the second in the world.
Real work in space flight actually takes time, because real engineering takes time.
SpaceX has duped everyone into thinking that the Silicon Valley “move fast and break things” strategy should apply to rockets. But look at Blue Origin: they’re already selling commercially viable engines, they’ve conducted many static fires to verify and test the capabilities of their engine, and unlike SpaceX , they haven’t blown up 2 entire rockets to do it, which saves my tax dollars.
Spaceflight is hard, the engineering is complicated, it takes time and money. I’d rather a private space company, which I don’t even think should exist, be at least careful when it comes to such a dangerous thing. I’m almost certain that SpaceX is going to get people killed with the starship, just like OceanGate did.