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Blue origin can't build a moon rocket by 2024, so maybe they can settle for the lander. Here's the vision I bet they're aiming for: a Spacex rocket, a United La
by muricula 7y ago
Blue origin can't build a moon rocket by 2024, so maybe they can settle for the lander. Here's the vision I bet they're aiming for: a Spacex rocket, a United Launch Alliance capsule, a Blue Origin lander, and a round of pork barrel in every Congressional district.
- johnvega 7y agoI'm seeing a lot of exponential technology. If Jeff B. takes more risk and focus, it could be possible. We'll see.
- elamje 7y agoNot sure why you got downvoted
- simonh 7y agoWhat on earth is exponential technology?
- OHNO_PIGONS 7y agoi think it's a buzz word for things that people think will gain internet scale cycle of development, one thing begetting another.
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- gjmacd 7y agoIt's like velcro, but better.
- deelowe 7y agoProbably a play on the SV 10x mantra.
- hcs 7y agoMass ratio solution of the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation, of course.
- andygates 7y agoExpand that buzzword into something concrete, please. "Lander... mumble... O'Neill Cylinders!" does not count. That's hopes and dreams, not technology.
- Rebelgecko 7y agoBO makes the engines for Vulcan so they'd probably be fine with a ULA rocket
- dvdbloc 7y agoWhy can’t they use New Glenn?
- azernik 7y agoPeople are generally quite skeptical of New Glenn, because not only has it not launched, but there's also no public evidence of construction of any non-engine hardware. Might just be that they play it closer to the vest than SpaceX and ULA, but the eternally-slipping timelines for New Shephard do not inspire confidence in their ability to get New Glenn into orbit soon.
- nickik 7y agoULA has not capsule. What are you even talking about? ULA is pure launch business. Boeing has capsule that can't go to the moon, and Lockheed Martin is a contractor on Orion.
- muricula 7y agoSorry, I was thinking of the Orion capsule, which is made by Lockheed Martin, one half of ULA.