They’ve made it to about 2019 in Elon time!
It’s a lot easier to duplicate once somebody has proven it to be possible. ...otherwise, it’s just a “crazy idea”.
The RC Cola of space.
The purple hair crowd isn’t going to like seeing two billionaires doing amazing things. Ha Ha.
Musk will have a Base on Pluto before Bezos gets started ,LOL
I would love to cheer Capitalism In Space, but the almost lackadaisical pace at Blue Origin is disturbing. Eventually there will be many more rocket/launch companies. There are at least 4 private space stations in the works.
Capitalism In Space by Bob Zimmerman
Here is the PDF link
For all thing space, aerospace, and lots of other real science, I read Behind The Black every day. Some of the commenters on each article are also highly educational.
I don’t; want to subscribe!!! Phooey!!
As of mid-April 2026, SpaceX has completed about 644 successful launches out of 656 total attempts across all of its rockets. That includes the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship.
For landings, SpaceX has achieved roughly 598 successful Falcon-family booster landings in 611 attempts. Some counts list only Falcon 9 boosters, which stand at around 581 successful Falcon 9 landings specifically.
If you include only orbital-class rocket launches and booster landings:
Successful launches: about 644
Successful booster landings: about 598
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JItDo5Y7GZs
Off nominal orbit for AST satellite.
Good for BO, but they’re only about a decade behind SpaceX (and with no existing network of revenue-producing satellites to fund further R&D). I am glad that another PRIVATE American entity has done “the impossible” and developed a reusable rocket. Seems that things aren’t impossible for determined Americans...just so that the rest of the world knows this. Wait til Elon puts a few million robots on the Moon to mine its resources and send them into Earth orbit....
Blue Origin failed to deliver AST SAT to its intended Orbit.
Delivering Payloads Sucessfully is Job # 1.
Landing a booster is secondary.
Detroit made an electric car.