The craft needs a more reliable propulsion system.
[Truncated transcript from the YT page:] Blue Origin is without a doubt one of the biggest names in the space industry, often seen as SpaceX's top competitor. However, while SpaceX has been making headlines with groundbreaking achievements and record-breaking launches, Blue Origin seems to constantly struggle with delays and setbacks. Once again, the company is in the news for a similar reason. They were set to launch the highly anticipated NS-27 mission, but, as we've seen before, a problem popped up that they couldn't solve in time. In this video, we'll dive into what went wrong with this critical mission and discuss how it impacts Blue Origin's future.
Blue Origin was preparing to launch the NS-27 mission, which was particularly important because it aimed to demonstrate the improvements made to the New Shepard system, positioning Blue Origin for future manned and unmanned missions.
However, On October 7, they were forced to scrub this highly anticipated mission due to technical issues with the New Shepard rocket. The uncrewed mission, which was scheduled to launch from Blue Origin's West Texas site, encountered a problem that fell outside the available launch window. Blue Origin's team is currently not sure about the issue, and no new launch date has been announced yet.
This mission was very important as it marked the debut of the second human-rated New Shepard vehicle. The mission would have carried 12 payloads, including two advanced sensors meant for lunar surface operations, navigation systems for Blue Origin's future projects, and student-designed postcards as part of Blue Origin's educational outreach program.
One might ask why SpaceX and Blue Origin, despite having similar beginnings and founders—Musk and Jeff Bezos—have had such different trajectories. Both Musk and Bezos are visionary entrepreneurs with immense resources, yet SpaceX has been continuously making headlines for record-breaking achievements, while Blue Origin is often associated with delays and setbacks.
The difference might come down to strategy and execution. Musk has always pushed SpaceX to move fast, taking risks and focusing on rapid development, often learning from failures.
On the other hand, Blue Origin has adopted a much more cautious and secretive approach. While this allows for more thorough testing, it often results in slower progress.
Musk has always liked to test and improve what he's developing constantly. SpaceX's approach is all about pushing out prototypes quickly, learning from failures, and improving fast. The Starship is a perfect example of this—it's already flown four times, even though some flights weren't perfect. They just keep testing, fixing issues, and moving forward.
Bezos is just Playing Spaceman
Viagra?
As Thomas Edison once said, “We have discovered 10,000 WAYS TO NOT MAKE A LIGHTBULB.”.............
They just keep testing, fixing issues, and moving forward.
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As far as local environmental wackos, the EPA, and the FAA will allow them Which, if they all had their druthers, would be never.
Next flight will be late Nov, pending FAA license and Musk’s lawsuit against the FAA.
The penis rocket couldn’t get up. Failure to launch.
This a bash Blue Origin post? Might want to take a look at those BE-4U’s. Not quite as awesome as Musks Raptors but...the common phrase of comparison to anything by saying “this aint rocket science” is not just coincidence. This IS rocket science and when you can figure out how to combine liquid Oxygen and Liquid (fillintheblank) fuel at rates that burn through an aft nozzle and make 550,000 lbs of thrust...well dude...thats a pretty neato trick. Blue Origin’s Engine plant at 1100 Explorer Blvd NW in Huntsville, Alabama is very likely the most capable aerospace machine shop in the world. Bash Bezos/Blue Origin if you feel the need to. Or bash Musk. Neither of them have time or interest to gaf. Both of those men have real obtainable visions to get the human race working in the ultimate off-site office. Space baby. Blue Origin has the collective balls and resources to do it. So does SpaceX. The rest of us can just watch while they actually do something about it.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“My penis! My big, fiery penis has ED!” ~ Bezos was heard to ejaculate. ( in th old, literary sense).
As was once said about NASA, “Our Germans were better than their Germans.” That is not to say we need to comb Europe for ex-Nazi scientists, only to observe by results whose team has accomplished more. I’m posting this over a satellite communications system placed in orbit by SpaceX. When Blue Origin has a similar track record, they’ll get similar credit. Why it’s happening is debatable, that it’s happening isn’t.
Elon’s rockets work, Boeing and Blue Origin not to good.
While I'm not a rocket scientist, I'd first check the wiring harnesses to see if squirrels might have chewed thru them. It happened to a buddy's truck two times.
It’s Musk’s aggressive & iterative development. He understands sometimes it’s actually cheaper in the long term than slow and cautious drvelopment.
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ESA has hired SpaceX for several launches while wait for the ESA Arianne 6 rocket. Even if the Arianne 6 were not 4 years behind schedule, it costs A LOT, and IS NOT REUSABLE. The workhorse Falcon 9, each individual rocket, is used at least 20 times. Eventually, the plan is to use each individual Falcon 9 rocket 40 times. This drives down the cost of each launch.
SpaceX has launched the satellites of a competitor to Starlink. Even the Amazon Board insisted on considering SpaceX as one of the rocket companies to launch the Amazon satellites.