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> may be not enough to remain relevant in the market You're forgetting that there isn't actually a market here. There is currently no commercial service that b

by c3534l 11y ago

> may be not enough to remain relevant in the market You're forgetting that there isn't actually a market here. There is currently no commercial service that brings you into space.

avmich 11y ago
Market is figurative here - even if you don't pursue immediate commercial benefits, you may get ahead of fall behind, as it was happening in less than market oriented Soviet space program. But on the other hand, I'd be surprised if Blue Origin was only focused on the market of commercial flights to space. That market is somewhat covered by Russia's Soyuz flights - admittedly just a few flights total so far. Suborbital flights - may be, but there could be competition from Virgin Galactic. Blue Origin also makes engines which are planned to be used on other manufacturer's rockets - here we have competition from Aerojet and even XCOR. So - even if some market niches don't exist today, it doesn't mean Blue Origin doesn't have competition - as they are also not offering flight right now. Competition in space flight, for example, existed, say, in 1960, when two countries tried to send a man to space first.
chadzawistowski 11y ago
'Course there's a market. Just because you can't afford to visit space doesn't mean there aren't commercial buyers. NASA awards contracts, as does the US military. Plus there's huge interest in telecommunications satellites.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago
  SpaceX has proven the ability to obtain orbit. Blue Origin has not. NASA and the US military want to get to orbit, not the edge of space.
LoSboccacc 11y ago
There's msrket enough to sustain the industry and if spacex is succesfull at reducing costs by an order of magnitude I'd expect it to grow, especially nanosat. University can already afford to buy a couple slots a year on a shared vector, for example, and those who don't already expressed interest
- usrusr 11y ago
  But unlike SpaceX, Blue Origin are nearly as far from the existing market of putting stuff into orbit as Copenhagen Suborbitals. They are much closer to the hypothetical market of suborbital joyrides than CopSub, but so far, that hypothetical market does not sustain anything.

by c3534l 11y ago

> may be not enough to remain relevant in the market You're forgetting that there isn't actually a market here. There is currently no commercial service that brings you into space.

avmich 11y ago

Market is figurative here - even if you don't pursue immediate commercial benefits, you may get ahead of fall behind, as it was happening in less than market oriented Soviet space program. But on the other hand, I'd be surprised if Blue Origin was only focused on the market of commercial flights to space. That market is somewhat covered by Russia's Soyuz flights - admittedly just a few flights total so far. Suborbital flights - may be, but there could be competition from Virgin Galactic. Blue Origin also makes engines which are planned to be used on other manufacturer's rockets - here we have competition from Aerojet and even XCOR. So - even if some market niches don't exist today, it doesn't mean Blue Origin doesn't have competition - as they are also not offering flight right now. Competition in space flight, for example, existed, say, in 1960, when two countries tried to send a man to space first.

chadzawistowski 11y ago

'Course there's a market. Just because you can't afford to visit space doesn't mean there aren't commercial buyers. NASA awards contracts, as does the US military. Plus there's huge interest in telecommunications satellites.

toomuchtodo 11y ago
SpaceX has proven the ability to obtain orbit. Blue Origin has not. NASA and the US military want to get to orbit, not the edge of space.

LoSboccacc 11y ago

There's msrket enough to sustain the industry and if spacex is succesfull at reducing costs by an order of magnitude I'd expect it to grow, especially nanosat. University can already afford to buy a couple slots a year on a shared vector, for example, and those who don't already expressed interest

usrusr 11y ago
But unlike SpaceX, Blue Origin are nearly as far from the existing market of putting stuff into orbit as Copenhagen Suborbitals. They are much closer to the hypothetical market of suborbital joyrides than CopSub, but so far, that hypothetical market does not sustain anything.