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The person trying to do what you say also owns Amazon, and he’s utterly failing at it. Maybe space service and taxi cabs are not directly comparible.
by zionic 6y ago
The person trying to do what you say also owns Amazon, and he’s utterly failing at it.
Maybe space service and taxi cabs are not directly comparible.
- AYBABTME 6y agoIs Blue Origin failing? Utterly so? Do you mind expanding on what makes you say this. I have no information as to whether they're doing good or bad - I assumed they were doing fine but at a slower and less public pace - but your usage of a clear, non ambiguous critique makes me wonder.
- messe 6y agoBlue Origin seems to be targeting a slightly different market. I'm not sure exactly what that market is yet, but its public goals have always seemed to lean further toward crewed vehicles than SpaceX's have. I think it's still too early to be able have an interesting discussion comparing the two companies.
- rtkwe 6y agoTheir New Shepard seems very tourist friendly small and cheap because it's only doing a suborbital hop.
- manicdee 6y agoIt's been in development longer, and will not carry tourists to space before SpaceX has tourists in orbit. BO's development pace is glacial.
- rtkwe 6y agoWell New Shepard isn't ever going to bring tourist to orbit but it'll still be much more popular once it comes out because it will be significantly cheaper than the SpaceX offering.
- rtkwe 6y agoTheir launcher is only suborbital which is much simpler and smaller than an orbital vehicle. They have plans for a larger orbital reusable rocket but because they're less public so it's hard to know if it's anything beyond an engineering drawing at this point.
- frakkingcylons 6y agoThere’s enough public info to know that New Glenn is not vaporware. The engine, BE-4, has already been delivered to ULA for their Vulcan rocket.
- adolph 6y agoPic of BE-4 engines: https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1360608937456922635?s=20 https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/136060893745692263... Peak inside the building where they are building things: https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1360308168857845760?s=20 https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/136030816885784576...
- rtkwe 6y agoI didn't really mean that it was never coming out just that it was still extremely early in development, lots of steps left between engine and a landing rocket.