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They started development in 2012. It was planned to be 2020 and it has already been delayed to Q4 of 2022 and that actually means 2023. And the timeline slide c
by nickik 5y ago
They started development in 2012. It was planned to be 2020 and it has already been delayed to Q4 of 2022 and that actually means 2023. And the timeline slide could very easily continue.
But the thing is that BlueOrigin has spend a gigantic amount of money compared to Falcon 9. Its not close.
They are not spending SLS money, but their budget is huge and they made very aggressive public targets and stuck to them for a long time. Then they blamed the military on them missing their target.
- Veedrac 5y agoBlue Origin has spent ~$2.5B on New Glenn infrastructure, including the factory and launch structures, and likely under a billion on New Shepard. This is perhaps a bit more than SpaceX would have needed, but not by all that much.