Blue Origin scrubs 1st New Glenn rocket launch due to technical issue

[Admin]

Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its powerful New Glenn rocket this morning (Jan. 13) due to a technical issue.

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[Unclear Engineer]

I seriously doubt that the professionals involved in either of these launch projects have such an adolescent, egocentric approach to their work as Ryan's post claims.

Neither of the very public egos at the tops of these development corporations makes the actual launch decisions. And I seriously doubt they would pressure the professionals to "just launch the damn rockets, already".

The real goal is a successful launch vehicle that can be used profitably. Uselessly blowing up a test vehicle so that it fails to achieve its test objectives just to get off the pad first would be too stupid to allow.

But, certainly, nobody can credibly accuse Musk of being unwilling to take calculated risks to speed up the SpaceX development process.

 

[BCME]

Was it just me or were the two gals doing the announcing more vacuous than space. I mean I know they are just supposed to be talking heads but they were painful to listen to.

I am so excited to see other players entering the field and New Glen is a giant step forward for them. I hope it lifts and lands as intended just like I hope starship 7 goes well...can hardly wait for the day when we have people living "up there" and not just ISS but the moon, mars and beyond.

I just wish that these companies could hire people that are a bit more knowledgeable to speak for them

 

[ChrisA]

Was it just me or were the two gals doing the announcing more vacuous than space. I mean I know they are just supposed to be talking heads but they were painful to listen to....

Yes, the coverage was just "filler fluff" to occupy the time. I "watched" but had the sound turned off and most of the window covered and did "real work" while the countdown timer ran.

They should be embarrassed at the kindergarten-level drivel. Maybe next time they can hire someone with specialist knowledge who can listen in to what is happening and explain it.

 

[Classical Motion]

Watching on mute here too. When they reset that clock for the third time I left.

 

[fj.torres]

I seriously doubt that the professionals involved in either of these launch projects have such an adolescent, egocentric approach to their work as Ryan's post claims.

Neither of the very public egos at the tops of these development corporations makes the actual launch decisions. And I seriously doubt they would pressure the professionals to "just launch the damn rockets, already".

The real goal is a successful launch vehicle that can be used profitably. Uselessly blowing up a test vehicle so that it fails to achieve its test objectives just to get off the pad first would be too stupid to allow.

But, certainly, nobody can credibly accuse Musk of being unwilling to take calculated risks to speed up the SpaceX development process.

Musk can afford it.
His rocket is designed to be cheap and fast to produce. And he has four in the pipeline waiting to go. If he "wastes" a rocket the experience and data is worth more than the few million it costs. That is what makes his calculated risks pay off.

Blue Origin reportedly took over 7 months to assemble NG-1. Losing it might mean a whole year delay vs 4-6 weeks for Starship. Caution is mandatory when you're purposefully slow.

I don't doubt the launch will be mostly successful when it is finally cleared to go but the economics of their system are questionable. Especially if they've been running a burn rate of a billion a year. Those are NASA cost-plus numbers and even NASA is moving away from that in the post CST-100 era. Making it fly is going to be the easy part.